FUMON (wind crest)
- 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.
"Wind crest" (FUMON) translates as the pattern or crest that wind makes on a water surface or through grass — the ephemeral mark of an invisible force made momentarily visible. Kitaoka's geometric style is well suited to the paradox of rendering wind's effect: the repeating, wave-like patterns that wind imposes on water or vegetation become, in woodblock, a series of curved parallel forms that carry the feeling of movement and breath. The subject is characteristically Japanese in its interest in the trace of natural forces.
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.
FUMON (wind crest) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
FUMON (wind crest) depicts landscapes and abstract.
