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 fourth untitled work from Asada Benji, its subject unknown but its authorship secured by provenance and signature. His undocumented prints are a reminder that the full scope of a [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) artist's output — including works produced for private commission, local publishers, or small-edition exchange — is rarely captured in institutional records. This print belongs to the substantial body of his work that circulated outside the major catalog systems of postwar Japanese printmaking.
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.
