Nishijin
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Nishijin, Kyoto's historic weaving district, is depicted in one of Nishijima's most characteristic subjects — the machiya townhouses of the quarter whose narrow latticed facades concealed the looms that for centuries produced the city's most celebrated silk textiles. The artist's own family name, Nishijima, shares its first character with the district, and his repeated returns to these streets carry personal resonance. This street-level view captures the distinctive architectural vocabulary of a working urban neighborhood whose physical character was inseparable from its craft identity.
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
Nishijin was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
Nishijin depicts urban scenes, architecture, and craftspeople.