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.
This untitled Ishiwata Koitsu print represents the atmospheric woodblock aesthetic that he developed within the shin-hanga movement, a tradition that emphasized the emotional and sensory qualities of landscape over topographic documentation. The interplay of light and darkness, the softness of gradated tones in sky and water, and the quiet presence of figures or structures within the landscape were the consistent concerns of Ishiwata's work, and this print preserves those qualities whatever its specific subject may be.
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) uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Untitled (ishiwata-koitsu) depicts landscapes and animals.
