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 thirteenth untitled work by Nakajima Kiyoshi. His treatment of children in outdoor settings — a recurring compositional type in his work — shows the same attentiveness to atmospheric condition that characterizes his figure compositions generally. Children in Nakajima's world are not simply subjects of nostalgic sentiment but are participants in the natural world's life, their movement and play animated by the same energies that move wind and water. The Japanese aesthetic of furusato (hometown, homeland) that pervades his work encompasses childhood as one of its central reference points.
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.
Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima) was created by Nakajima Kiyoshi (中島潔).
Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima) depicts landscapes, figures, and children.
