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 atmospheric composition by Ishiwata Koitsu whose title has not been preserved in available documentation. The print represents one of the many works he produced within the shin-hanga system during the interwar years, a period of prolific output for the movement as a whole. The collaborative production process — publisher commissioning designs, professional carvers executing the blocks, specialized printers applying each color in sequence — ensured a consistent level of technical quality across his output, and this untitled print would reflect those production standards.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (ishiwata-koitsu) was created by Ishiwata Koitsu (石渡光逸).
Untitled (ishiwata-koitsu) depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and animals.
