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.
Ito Yuhan's untitled prints share a family resemblance that transcends the absence of individual titles: a preference for soft, enveloping light; a quiet compositional balance; and a landscape sensibility attuned to the emotional weight of Japanese sacred and natural places. This work, unanchored by a specific title, nevertheless belongs unmistakably to that body of work — its atmosphere, its color, and its restraint all pointing toward the same sensibility that shaped Ito's identified compositions.
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.
