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.
Yuhan Ito's untitled prints are among the less-studied elements of 1930s shin-hanga production, yet they often embody his approach most directly — freed from the demands of a specific famous site, the artist could focus on light, atmosphere, and the purely visual experience of the Japanese landscape. This work preserves that freedom, offering mood and form without the weight of topographic identification. It is a landscape of feeling as much as of place.
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.
