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.
North Wind, dated 1965 in the Showa period — a composition evoking the cold, penetrating quality of winter wind from the north, the season's most dramatic atmospheric force. The north wind (kitakaze) was a classic winter kigo in Japanese poetry, associated with bitter cold, bare branches, and the arrival of true winter. Kimura's 1965 composition translates this sensory experience into visual terms, perhaps using diagonal lines, fragmented forms, or stark color contrasts to suggest the wind's force and direction.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
North Wind, Shôwa period, dated 1965 was created by Kimura Yoshiharu (木村吉晴).
North Wind, Shôwa period, dated 1965 depicts landscapes and winter.
