$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
This print, likely depicting a farmhouse or rural dwelling, belongs to Kitaoka's sustained documentation of traditional Japanese vernacular architecture — the low-roofed farmhouses and rural buildings that were disappearing throughout the postwar period of rapid modernization. The composition organizes the house's characteristic forms — thatched or tiled roof, earthen walls, the functional additions of outbuildings and storage — into a formal study that serves simultaneously as record and aesthetic object.
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.
Unknown, house, farm was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Unknown, house, farm depicts landscapes, architecture, and village scenes.
