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.
A third untitled print from Asada Benji's Osaka workshop, its specific subject unrecorded. Given the breadth of his practice — landscapes, [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga), bird-and-flower subjects, seasonal scenes, architectural views — the print could engage any of his established subjects. His untitled works share the visual qualities of his documented pieces: careful atmospheric gradation, the restrained use of strong color as seasonal accent, and the compositional confidence of a practitioner who spent decades refining his approach to the Kansai landscape.
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, bijin-ga, and abstract.
