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 from Yoshimitsu's production of shin-hanga landscape subjects. The Kyoto region that Yoshimitsu documented offers pronounced seasonal variation, with cherry blossoms in spring, lush greenery in summer, fiery maples in autumn, and snow-dusted temples in winter. Each season required a distinct color palette and atmospheric treatment, and Yoshimitsu produced prints across the full seasonal cycle. Without a title, this print's seasonal context cannot be confirmed, but the woodblock medium's layered color application would have been calibrated to the specific time of year the scene represents. Shin-hanga printers mixed their pigments fresh for each printing session, adjusting concentrations to achieve the precise tones specified by the artist's design.
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.
