Odawara Castle
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
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.
Odawara Castle in Kanagawa Prefecture — the great fortress of the Hojo clan, destroyed in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1590 siege and reconstructed in reinforced concrete in 1960 — is rendered here with Kitaoka's characteristic geometric clarity. The castle's tiered rooflines and white plastered walls offer natural material for a modernist compositional study, the traditional forms of Japanese castle architecture aligning unexpectedly well with Kitaoka's preference for bold, clean-edged masses of form and color.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Odawara Castle was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Odawara Castle depicts castles.
