Nativity
by Ansei Uchima
- Date:
- 1955
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; edition 3/30
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
by Ansei Uchima
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Uchima's luminous landscape prints appeal to collectors of both Japanese prints and modern American art.
Nativity (1955) is a color woodblock print, edition 3 of 30, that takes the birth of Christ as its subject — a remarkable choice for a Japanese-American artist working in a medium associated with Buddhist and Shinto visual culture. Uchima, who was exposed to Christianity through the Japanese-American community in California and through American cultural life more broadly, approaches the Nativity not as doctrinal illustration but as a universal scene of shelter, vulnerability, and new life. The limited edition of 30 prints and the early position (3/30) in the run suggest this was among the first impressions pulled, likely showing the richest ink saturation.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nativity was created by Ansei Uchima (内間安瑆) in 1955.
Nativity depicts religious.
