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 sailing vessel rests in the sheltered waters near Miyajima, its hull reflected in the calm Seto Inland Sea while the island's pine-covered slopes rise behind it in this coastal scene by Yuhan Ito. Miyajima's combination of sacred architecture, forested hills, and sheltered sea lanes made it one of the most painted and printed landscapes in Japan, and Ito approaches the subject through the working life of the sea rather than the shrine's famous monuments. The boat — practical, weathered, present — anchors the composition in the human world.
Woodblock print
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
1915
Color woodblock print
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sailboat at Miyajima was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Sailboat at Miyajima depicts boats & ships and seascapes, set at Miyajima.
