DAICHI (earth)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
"Daichi" — earth — is an elemental subject that drew Kitaoka toward the most fundamental formal questions: How does one represent the ground itself, the surface of the world on which everything stands? This print approaches the earth as texture, color, and weight rather than scene, organizing the picture plane into horizontal strata of soil, rock, and perhaps sky. The title in katakana announces a conceptual rather than descriptive intention, earth not as setting but as subject.
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.
DAICHI (earth) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
DAICHI (earth) depicts landscapes and abstract.
