OKUUDA-NO-SATO (Village of Okuuda)
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.
"Okuuda-no-sato" depicts the village of Okuuda — a small community in the mountainous interior of the Kinki region — through the characteristic forms of its traditional architecture: the farmhouses adapted to steep terrain and heavy snowfall, the narrow paths between buildings, the quality of a settlement whose form was determined entirely by the demands of its geographic situation. Nishijima's village scenes emphasize the coherence of traditional rural building practice — how individual structures combine into communities that are themselves aesthetic wholes.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1956
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
OKUUDA-NO-SATO (Village of Okuuda) was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
OKUUDA-NO-SATO (Village of Okuuda) depicts village scenes.
