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 untitled woodblock print by Nomura Yoshimitsu, this work belongs to the artist's production of shin-hanga subjects centered on the Kyoto region. Without a descriptive title, the specific scene cannot be identified, but Yoshimitsu's catalog consists almost entirely of landscape views depicting temples, rivers, mountain paths, and seasonal scenery in the old capital and its environs. The print was produced using the traditional woodblock method of carved cherry wood blocks and water-based pigments on handmade washi paper. Shin-hanga artists like Yoshimitsu worked within a collaborative production system where the artist created the design, a professional block carver transferred it to wood, and a skilled printer pulled each impression by hand.
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 (nomura-yoshimitsu) was created by Nomura Yoshimitsu (野村義光).
Untitled (nomura-yoshimitsu) depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and abstract.
