Nakanoshima, from
by Oda Kazuma
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- harashobo
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
Nakanoshima — the small island in the Okawa River in central Osaka, home to the city's distinctive public buildings including the Osaka City Hall, the Bank of Japan, and the Nakanoshima Public Hall — was one of Kazuma's frequently depicted Osaka subjects. The island's combination of European-influenced civic architecture and its river setting, with bridges connecting it to both banks, gave him exactly the kind of subject he found most productive: the meeting of built geometry and reflective water, the city seen at its most architecturally ambitious.
More Prints by Oda Kazuma
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A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
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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
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nakanoshima, from was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
Nakanoshima, from depicts urban scenes, rivers & lakes, and architecture.