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 print by Yuhan Ito, this landscape is one of many that entered collections without the formal documentation of a title or publication record. The print communicates through the visual language of Ito's established practice: soft atmospheric light, a carefully balanced composition, and a palette calibrated to evoke the specific emotional quality of a Japanese scene — sacred, rural, or coastal — at a particular time of day or season.
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.
