$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
"Mountain in spring J" — the tenth variant in a series of spring mountain compositions — finds Kitaoka still exploring the formal possibilities of a subject he returned to across decades. Each lettered variant discovers something slightly different in the mountain's spring character: the particular quality of that season's light on rocky slopes, the way new growth defines the tree line, the relationship between still-snowy peaks and the warming lower slopes. By variant J, Kitaoka has moved well beyond the initial observation into a sustained formal meditation.
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.
YAMANOHARU J (mountain in spring J) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
YAMANOHARU J (mountain in spring J) depicts landscapes, spring, and mountains.
