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 composition from Ishiwata Koitsu's woodblock print production, rendered in the atmospheric style that earned the shin-hanga movement its international following. Ishiwata was drawn to transitional moments — the hour before dawn, the fall of evening, the first snow of winter — when familiar landscapes were transformed by light and weather into something mysterious and beautiful. This print captures one such moment, the specific location and subject undocumented but the atmospheric quality characteristic of his mature work.
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, night scenes, and animals.
