KAZE-NO-IRO (Sound of Wind)
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
"Kaze-no-iro" — the sound of wind, or more literally "the color of wind" — suggests Nishijima's characteristic synaesthetic approach to atmospheric conditions, treating the wind not as an invisible force but as something with a visual presence: the movement it imparts to branches and fabric, the quality it gives to light, the way it changes the relationship between sky and the built forms below. The architectural subject of this print is rendered in terms of the wind's effect upon it, making the invisible force the primary subject.
More Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
KAZE-NO-IRO (Sound of Wind) was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
KAZE-NO-IRO (Sound of Wind) depicts urban scenes and architecture.