Temple and figures in a misty landscape.
by Yuhan Ito
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Yuhan Ito
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.
Figures make their way along a misty path toward a temple half-hidden in atmospheric haze, the architecture more suggested than stated in this contemplative landscape by Yuhan Ito. Ito uses mist here as a compositional device to create depth through mystery, drawing the eye toward the distant structure while withholding its full resolution. The human figures — small, anonymous, absorbed in their journey — give the scene its sense of scale and reinforce the feeling of pilgrimage that attaches naturally to a temple in the landscape.
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.
Temple and figures in a misty landscape. was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Temple and figures in a misty landscape. depicts landscapes and temples & shrines.
