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 is one of several unidentified works in his known catalog, each representing a specific compositional effort that the records have not preserved in full. The print's existence attests to the volume of his production during the active shin-hanga years and to the care with which he and his publisher approached each new composition, selecting subjects that would reward atmospheric treatment in the collaborative woodblock process.
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.
