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 atmospheric woodblock print by Ishiwata Koitsu, reflecting the aesthetic values of the shin-hanga movement at a particular moment in its development. The New Prints movement reached its peak of international popularity in the 1930s, when prints like those Ishiwata produced were collected by Western visitors to Japan and exported through print dealers to buyers across Europe and North America. This untitled print participated in that cultural exchange, its atmospheric qualities translating across the cultural differences that separated its Japanese makers from its international buyers.
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.
