Untitled (ishiwata-koitsu)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
One of Ishiwata Koitsu's untitled atmospheric compositions, produced within the collaborative woodblock printmaking system that characterized the shin-hanga movement. Ishiwata was particularly skilled at the gradated bokashi printing technique that allowed shin-hanga artists to achieve the misty atmospheric effects — the soft transitions from dark to light in the sky, the subtle reflections in still water — that distinguished the movement's most celebrated works. This print preserves those technical achievements whatever its unrecorded subject.
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More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
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.