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.
An untitled Yuhan Ito landscape, soft with the atmospheric haze that characterized his best work, presents a scene from the Japanese natural or sacred landscape without anchoring it to a specific identified place. The print's mood is meditative and self-contained, built from Ito's characteristic palette of muted blues, greens, and warm earth tones rather than from the drama of a recognized landmark. It is the kind of work that rewards slow, quiet looking.
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.
