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.
This Yuhan Ito landscape — lacking a formal title but carrying all the marks of his distinctive approach — presents a composition built around the quiet drama of Japanese light at a particular season or hour. Ito's shin-hanga prints are unified by their atmospheric consistency rather than by subject matter: whether depicting Mount Fuji, a coastal harbor, or a misty temple, he brings the same quality of meditative attention to the scene. This untitled work is no exception.
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.
Untitled (yuhan-ito) was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Untitled (yuhan-ito) depicts landscapes and abstract.
