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.
Mount Fuji rises above a bay or inlet, its mass looming over the water while boats move across the middle ground in this coastal landscape by Yuhan Ito. The view of Fuji from the sea was a perennial subject, established in Hokusai's era and revisited by shin-hanga artists who brought to it the atmospheric printing techniques of the early twentieth century. Ito captures the mountain's commanding presence from the water, its reflection fragmenting in the gentle movement of the bay's surface.
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.
Mt Fuji and bay was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Mt Fuji and bay depicts landscapes, seascapes, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
