Ukimido at Katada, Biwa
by Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko)

	Artist:	Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko) — 伊藤　雄半
	Title:	Ukimido at Katada, Biwa
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1950 (in the decade of)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Nishinomiya Yosaku
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Nishinomiya Yosaku
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	36039
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Thursday, 9 September 2010 ITO YUHAN Ukimido at Katada, Biwa Date: 1930s, published by Nishinomiya Size: oban, with full margins, 10.5" X 15.5" Condition: Fine, no flaws, uncirculated print, never framed Impression: Fine, nice surface texture, tight registration Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso ABOUT ITO YUHAN A landscape artist who designed an extraordinary group of woodblock prints during the 1930's for the publisher Nishinomiya, Ito Yuhan (1882-1951) was primarily a painter. Yuhan's print designs are usually characterized by vivid colors and subtle gradations. They look similar to watercolors, as they lack an outlining keyblock. Yuhan's soft style evokes the romantic beauty of Japan's past. The absence of human figures adds to the sense of quiet timelessness.
	Artist Bio:	Y. Ito or Ito Yoshihiku lived from 1867-1942. He studied first under Tamura Soritsu in Kyoto, graduated in 1888 from Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting and went to Tokyo to study under Koyama Shotaro briefly before entering Harada Naojiro's school, the Shobikan. Ito Yuhan's painting style is always recognizable from across the room. He signed his watercolour paintings Y. ITO. He was a very successful landscape painter as well as a woodblock print artist. He created 12 woodblock images that were published by Nishinomiya Yosaku from the 1950's (not pre-war, according to the publisher Nishinomiya), signing them YUHAN. This painting is well done in a 'Western' painting style that started in the late 1880s when Japan opened its' doors to the West and its' teachers. The popularity of this style grew into the 'shin hanga' woodblock print movement at the beginning of the 20th century. His woodblock prints have either his signature in Western script ""Y Ito"" or in kanji. Those in Western script are the earlier (pre-war) editions.