Cover page of portfolio "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku he no tabi)"
- Date:
- 1947
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (Individual prints in portfolio: 1962.237.1-17)
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
This is the cover page of Kitaoka's landmark 1947 portfolio "Journey to the Homeland" (Sokoku he no tabi), the series of seventeen woodblock prints documenting his personal experience of repatriation from Manchukuo in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The portfolio cover sets the tone for the series: a work conceived as frame and threshold for the raw autobiographical content within. The Cleveland Museum of Art holds the complete portfolio (accession 1962.237.1-17), making this cover the entry point into one of the most direct personal testimonies in postwar Japanese printmaking.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Cover page of portfolio "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku he no tabi)" was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄) in 1947.
Cover page of portfolio "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku he no tabi)" depicts travel scenes.
