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 sixth untitled print from Asada Benji, catalogued without title information. The Osaka-based artist worked across the full range of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) subjects during his long career from the 1920s through the 1970s, and this undated and untitled work may belong to any phase of his development. His mature works from the postwar period tend toward a particular balance of observation and atmospheric idealization — the Kansai landscape seen through a lens that is both naturalistic and quietly poetic.
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, figures, and abstract.
