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.
Autumn has stripped the trees to their essential structure, and they arch over an old bridge in rich copper and crimson in this seasonal landscape by Yuhan Ito. The bridge — possibly a garden crossing or a rural road bridge — serves as the compositional spine of the print, its curving arc connecting the two banks while the autumn foliage creates a canopy of warm color overhead. Ito was drawn to these enclosed autumnal views where the landscape closes in around a simple structure, concentrating the season's color.
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.
Bridge in Autumn was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Bridge in Autumn depicts landscapes, bridges, and autumn foliage.
