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 woodblock print by Ishiwata Koitsu in his characteristic shin-hanga style, likely depicting a Japanese landscape or urban atmospheric scene. Working within the collaborative printmaking tradition of the 1930s, Ishiwata produced landscapes notable for their moody atmospheric effects — misty distances, soft gradated skies, and the careful rendering of reflected light on water — that made the New Prints movement so internationally admired. This print preserves those qualities in a composition whose specific subject remains unidentified.
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 (ishiwata-koitsu) was created by Ishiwata Koitsu (石渡光逸).
Untitled (ishiwata-koitsu) depicts landscapes, night scenes, and animals.
