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.
This untitled woodblock print rounds out the body of undocumented works by Yuhan Ito in this collection, its atmospheric landscape characteristic of his Showa-era [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) practice. Ito worked within a tradition that prized emotional resonance over topographic specificity, and his untitled prints embody that priority most clearly — stripped of the authority of a famous place-name, they stand or fall entirely on the quality of the atmosphere they create. This one creates it with quiet assurance.
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.
