by Ito Takashi
$500–$5,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Ito Takashi's prints published by Doi Hangaten are the most sought after. Night scenes and snow views command premiums.
This oban woodblock print by Ito Takashi depicts a subject associated with the Robyn Buntin gallery in Honolulu, a long-established dealer in Asian art that handled works by numerous shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga artists. The print represents a Japanese landscape rendered in Ito's mature woodblock technique, with the layered color printing and atmospheric sensitivity that defined his work across several decades. Hawaii became a significant market for Japanese prints during the twentieth century, as the islands' large Japanese-American community and tourist economy created demand for works that connected viewers to Japanese aesthetic traditions. Ito's prints, with their accessible landscape subjects and technical refinement, found appreciative audiences in such markets.
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.
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu was created by Ito Takashi (伊東孝).
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu depicts landscapes.
