$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.
A village scene in the tradition of Nishijima's ongoing engagement with the architecture and landscape of Japan's rural communities — the small-scale domestic and agricultural buildings of a settled rural community rendered with the same precision and affection he brought to his Kyoto subjects. The village scene in Japanese printmaking carries deep associations with nostalgia for a pre-modern Japan, but Nishijima's approach resists romantic generalization in favor of specific architectural observation.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1956
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
Village scene was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
Village scene depicts village scenes.
