Fragrant Breeze - 風のかほり
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
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.
A second composition under the title "Fragrant Breeze" (風のかほり) — Nakajima Kiyoshi returned to this evocative title multiple times in his career, each iteration exploring the same synesthetic concept from a different compositional angle. The idea of wind carrying fragrance bridges two sensory worlds — the visible movement of air and the invisible presence of scent — in a way that perfectly characterizes Nakajima's broader artistic project: making the imperceptible perceptible, giving visual form to sensory experiences that exceed the purely visual. The archaic orthography (かほり rather than modern かおり) maintains the classical literary register.
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.
Fragrant Breeze - 風のかほり was created by Nakajima Kiyoshi (中島潔).
Fragrant Breeze - 風のかほり depicts landscapes, figures, and bijin-ga.
