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 seventh untitled print from Asada Benji's practice. The multiple untitled works in his catalog reflect both the documentary gaps in regional Showa-period printmaking records and the production practices of artists who worked outside the major Tokyo publishers — often printing in small series for local dealers or private clients, without the systematic cataloging that commercial publication demanded. This print's subjects and date remain to be established.
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.
