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 woodblock composition by Ishiwata Koitsu, its subject and title not preserved in available documentation. The print demonstrates the aesthetic commitments of the shin-hanga movement — to mood, atmosphere, and the evocative power of transitional light conditions over literal topographic description — through whatever scene Ishiwata chose to depict. The collaborative production system that created this print ensured a level of technical refinement that preserved those atmospheric qualities in the printed object.
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.
