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 a testament to the informal, market-oriented nature of some 1930s shin-hanga production, where works were made and sold without the institutional scaffolding of series titles or formal documentation. This print nevertheless embodies the same values as his titled work: careful color registration, atmospheric gradation, and a landscape sensibility shaped by the classical Japanese aesthetic of finding emotional depth in natural and sacred places.
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.
