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 work by Ishiwata Koitsu belongs to his body of atmospheric shin-hanga prints produced during Japan's interwar years, when the New Prints movement was at the height of its international reach. The print's specific subject — whether a river scene, a temple view, a snowy village, or a nocturnal harbor — cannot be determined from the title alone, but the qualities that distinguish Ishiwata's work are present: the careful management of light, the atmospheric sensitivity to weather and season, and the quiet pictorial presence that characterizes the shin-hanga aesthetic.
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, snow scenes, and animals.
