About Summer
Typical Price
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
"About Summer" suggests a quality of feeling rather than a specific scene — the particular atmospheric heaviness of Japanese summer, the way heat flattens color and slows movement, the retreating into shade and shadow that the season necessitates. Nishijima conveys this seasonal mood through a scene of traditional architecture at the height of summer: the deep shadows under wide eaves, the reduced activity in the midday heat, the colors bleached by strong sun. His ability to capture seasonal mood through architectural setting rather than human figures gives his landscapes their meditative depth.
広隆寺牛祭
Woodblock print
二月 (伏見稲荷大社祭)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
七月 (祇園祭山鉾巡行)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
八月 (三条大橋より大文字)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
About Summer was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
About Summer depicts summer.
