SOSHUN (early spring)
- 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.
"SOSHUN" (early spring) captures the fragile interval when winter's grip first loosens — the first hints of green in protected corners, the quality of light changed slightly, the cold still present but no longer absolute. Kitaoka renders this liminal seasonal moment through careful attention to the colors that signal spring's approach: the pale yellow-green of first growth, the still-gray tones of not-yet-warm earth, the sky beginning to blue rather than the flat white of winter. Early spring is a subject that demands subtlety, and Kitaoka brings his full formal precision to the task.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
SOSHUN (early spring) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
SOSHUN (early spring) depicts spring.
