$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.
"Yukimoyoi" — looking like snow, or having the appearance of imminent snow — captures the particular quality of a sky about to deliver its first fall or a major snowfall: the heavy grey-purple clouds, the strange yellow-white light reflected upward from snow already on the ground, the suppressed energetic tension of weather building toward its release. Nishijima renders this pre-snow atmospheric condition in a composition where the sky's ominous quality dominates and the traditional architecture below waits in the particular stillness that precedes a major snowfall.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
YUKIMOYOI (Looking like Snow) was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
YUKIMOYOI (Looking like Snow) depicts snow scenes.
