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 form a significant portion of his surviving output, and this work is among those that circulate without the institutional documentation that would establish its title, date, or original publisher. The print's visual qualities — atmospheric haze, restrained color, careful tonal gradation — align with the characteristics visible in his identified work, placing it within the same tradition of Showa-era shin-hanga landscape printing that shaped artists like Hasui and Koitsu.
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.
