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 landscape by Yuhan Ito preserves the atmospheric shimmer of a Japanese scene — likely a temple, a lakeside, or a misty mountain passage — in the characteristically soft tones of his shin-hanga printmaking. Ito's untitled works are numerous, reflecting both the informality of some of his print production and the subsequent loss of documentation that often accompanies work by lesser-documented artists of the period. The print stands on its visual qualities alone: color, mood, and the particular quietness of his atmospheric landscapes.
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, temples & shrines, and abstract.
