Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
A woodblock print depicting the shores of the Songhua River at Jilin (Kitsurin) in Manchuria, an unusual subject that places Nakazawa's work in the context of Japan's continental presence during the early twentieth century. The Songhua River, one of the major waterways of northeast China, flows past the city of Jilin, creating expansive riverbank scenery. The Japanese subtitle identifies both the location and the river by their Japanese readings. Nakazawa renders the broad shoreline and waterscape with the same careful attention to atmosphere and natural detail found in his Japanese landscapes, applying shin-hanga techniques to a continental Asian setting that Japanese audiences would have recognized from the geopolitical context of the era.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
The Shores of Kitsurin Shoka Inlet — 吉林松花江岸-きつりんしょうかこう was created by Hiromitsu Nakazawa (中沢弘光).
The Shores of Kitsurin Shoka Inlet — 吉林松花江岸-きつりんしょうかこう depicts birds & flowers, landscapes, and rivers & lakes.
