Spring of a Village among the Hills
- 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.
A village set among hills experiences the particular quality of spring — the blossom and new growth visible even in a settled, agricultural landscape — in this composition that combines two of Kitaoka's recurring subjects. The spring village is a subject with deep roots in Japanese landscape art, the seasonal renewal of nature reflected in the human settlement embedded within it. Kitaoka gives it a modernist treatment: the hillside village rendered in bold, simplified geometry, the spring foliage a mass of fresh color against the more muted tones of the built environment.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring of a Village among the Hills was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Spring of a Village among the Hills depicts spring and village scenes.
