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.
An eighteenth untitled print by Nakajima Kiyoshi. The exhibition title "Painter of the Wind: Nakajima Kiyoshi's World — The Heart of Japan, the Heart of the Hometown" captures the double register of his work: it is simultaneously a painterly investigation of atmospheric phenomena (wind, light, seasonal change) and an expression of cultural nostalgia (Japan, hometown, the emotional landscape of memory). This combination — aesthetic investigation and cultural sentiment — gave his work wide appeal in the Showa period and has sustained collector interest in the decades since.
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 bijin-ga.
