Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
Description
A nineteenth untitled work by Nakajima Kiyoshi. His printmaking technique — a woodblock approach with painterly qualities, soft tonal gradations, and atmospheric delicacy — represents a synthesis of traditional and modern Japanese aesthetic concerns. The traditional element is the heightened sensitivity to seasonal and atmospheric beauty; the modern element is the interest in individual emotional experience and the psychological interiority of the female figures who inhabit his compositions. This synthesis made his work accessible to collectors across the traditional-modern spectrum of Japanese aesthetic taste.
More Prints by Nakajima Kiyoshi
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima) was created by Nakajima Kiyoshi (中島潔).
Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima) depicts landscapes, figures, and bijin-ga.