Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
An untitled work from Asada Benji's Osaka-based landscape practice — likely one of the Kansai region's scenic subjects that defined his career. His untitled works typically belong to series or groups where individual identification was not documented, and this print almost certainly depicts one of his signature subjects: a Kyoto temple or garden, a mountain scene from the Kansai uplands, a coastal view from the Inland Sea, or a bird-and-flower subject from his [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) practice.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (asada-benji) was created by Asada Benji (浅田弁治).
Untitled (asada-benji) depicts landscapes and abstract.
