HAYASHINOMICHI B (path to the forest B)
- 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.
"Path to the forest B" is the second variant in a series of compositions organized around this simple, resonant motif: the path that leads from open ground into the enclosed world of trees. The path as compositional device creates depth and direction, drawing the eye into and through the picture plane. The forest at the path's end offers the contrast between open and enclosed space that Kitaoka returns to throughout his landscape work — the threshold experience of entering the woods captured in the woodblock's sharp tonal contrasts.
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.
HAYASHINOMICHI B (path to the forest B) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
HAYASHINOMICHI B (path to the forest B) depicts landscapes and trees.
