Tsukuda Jima- Kominato Bay Chiba
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.
Small fishing boats rest at anchor in the quiet waters of Kominato Bay at Chiba, with Tsukuda Island visible across the water in this coastal landscape by Yuhan Ito. The print captures the workday life of Japan's fishing communities in the decades before modernization swept away their wooden boats and traditional harbors. Ito renders the scene with characteristically soft tones, the water reflecting a pale sky in a way that unifies the composition across its horizontal expanse.
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.
Tsukuda Jima- Kominato Bay Chiba was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Tsukuda Jima- Kominato Bay Chiba depicts landscapes and seascapes.
