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.
One of Ishiwata Koitsu's untitled atmospheric prints, produced within the collaborative woodblock system of the shin-hanga movement. Whatever its subject — river or sea, temple or bridge, city by night or village in snow — the print demonstrates the atmospheric sensibility and technical refinement that defined Ishiwata's contribution to the tradition, his careful management of tonal gradation achieving the effects of mood and atmosphere that his most admired works are known for.
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, rivers & lakes, and animals.
