$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
Autumn transforms a mountain path into a passage through fire and gold, the deciduous trees on either side igniting in the season's characteristic brilliance. Kitaoka renders the foliage with the woodblock's characteristic capacity for saturated flat color — reds bleeding into oranges, yellows compressed into geometric shapes — while the path itself remains a cool, neutral corridor through the blaze. The seasonal intensity is balanced by compositional calm, the ancient Japanese aesthetic of mono no aware expressed through modern formal means.
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.
A Mountain Path in Autumn was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
A Mountain Path in Autumn depicts landscapes, autumn foliage, and mountains.
