$1,000–$6,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
"Suminoka" — identified as a snow landscape — presents a winter scene in which the dark ink-like (sumi) quality of timber and shadow contrasts with the white expanse of accumulated snow. The title's suggestion of ink painting (sumi-e) is significant: Nishijima's snow landscapes recall the tradition of Japanese monochrome ink painting in their radical simplification of the color palette to near-black and near-white, with the built or natural forms emerging from the white ground in the manner of ink brushwork on paper.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
SUMINOKA, snow landscape was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
SUMINOKA, snow landscape depicts landscapes and snow scenes.
