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 is one of several unidentified prints in his catalog, each preserving the atmospheric qualities of his shin-hanga practice without the specificity that a recorded title would provide. The print demonstrates the technical standards of the collaborative woodblock system — precise carving, controlled color application, careful paper selection — that gave shin-hanga prints their characteristic combination of crisp line and soft atmospheric gradation.
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.
