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 unidentified atmospheric composition by Ishiwata Koitsu, its title lost but its visual character reflective of his sustained engagement with the shin-hanga tradition of atmospheric landscape printmaking. Ishiwata was particularly identified with the Yokohama and southern Kanto region, and many of his prints — documented and undocumented alike — likely depicted the coastal and urban landscapes of this area where he spent much of his career, the harbor views, the bridge scenes, the winter streets, and the twilight waterscapes that defined his pictorial world.
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, seascapes, and animals.
