Unknown, House scene 2
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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
An unknown house scene — a second study of a domestic architectural subject — demonstrates Nishijima's practice of returning to significant subjects through multiple approaches. The traditional house as architectural subject offered him inexhaustible material: the relationship between interior and exterior, the way different light conditions reveal different qualities in the timber and tile, the specific character of a building shaped by its inhabitants' needs and preferences over generations of occupancy. Each house study, even of the same subject, reveals something the previous one missed.
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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
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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
Unknown, House scene 2 was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
Unknown, House scene 2 depicts urban scenes and architecture.