Nakanoshima
by Oda Kazuma
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
- Common examples: $100–$500
- Good impressions: $500–$2,000
- Premium/scarce: $2,000–$10,000
Description
A second view of Nakanoshima — Osaka's famous island in the Okawa River — captures the same subject as the first Nakanoshima print from perhaps a different vantage point along the riverbank, in different light, or at a different season. The island's combination of European-influenced civic buildings, riverside promenades, and water-defined isolation from the surrounding city made it one of Kazuma's most consistently rewarding Osaka subjects. Together the Nakanoshima prints suggest the layered, multi-perspective documentation that characterizes his best urban work.
More Prints by Oda Kazuma
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
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
Color lithograph
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
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nakanoshima was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
Nakanoshima depicts urban scenes, rivers & lakes, and architecture.