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.
A village settles into spring beside a calm pond, the bare branches of trees beginning to soften with new growth as the season turns in this print by Yuhan Ito. Village landscapes of this kind — ordinary rural scenes without a famous landmark or dramatic natural feature — represent a quieter strand of Ito's work, one that finds its subject in the seasonal rhythms of daily Japanese life. The pond acts as a mirror, doubling the pale sky and the reflected shapes of trees and rooftops in a composition built on horizontal calm.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Pond and Village in Spring was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Pond and Village in Spring depicts spring, rivers & lakes, and village scenes.
