GESHI (summer solstice)
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.
Description
"Geshi" — the summer solstice — marks the year's longest day, when the sun reaches its highest point and the Japanese summer begins its inexorable intensification. Nishijima uses this astronomical moment as a theme for a townscape rendered in the specific quality of solstice light: long, even illumination that reduces shadows to their shortest and most direct, filling the familiar facades of traditional architecture with an unusual clarity and warmth. The composition balances the specific seasonal moment against the timeless architectural forms that anchor Nishijima's visual world.
More Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print
Frequently Asked Questions
GESHI (summer solstice) was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
GESHI (summer solstice) depicts snow scenes and summer.