Autumn leaves
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
Autumn foliage is among the most celebrated subjects in Japanese art, and Kitaoka approaches it with his characteristic modernist directness — the leaves compressed into bold, flat shapes of red, orange, gold, and still-green, arranged across the picture plane in a dense, nearly abstract pattern. Where traditional Japanese prints rendered autumn leaves with delicate veining and naturalistic gradation, Kitaoka reduces each leaf to its essential color-mass, the accumulation building into a composition of vibrant chromatic energy.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Autumn leaves was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Autumn leaves depicts autumn foliage.
