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.
Among the several dozen untitled works attributed to Yuhan Ito that appear in the market and in smaller collections, this print represents the quieter, more informal end of his output — works made without the expectation of formal documentation but with the same careful craftsmanship that distinguished his identified compositions. The atmospheric quality, the palette, and the compositional sensibility all mark this as characteristic Ito.
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.
