Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
Description
A twentieth untitled print by Nakajima Kiyoshi. Among his most celebrated compositional types are those depicting women and children in autumn landscapes — the falling leaves providing the same wind-animation that grass and water surfaces provide in his other seasonal compositions. Autumn in Japanese aesthetics carries the most emotionally complex seasonal meaning: the beauty of the moment intensified by awareness of its imminent passing. Nakajima's autumn compositions engage this aesthetic directly, placing his atmospheric sensitivity in service of the season's characteristic emotional register.
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 autumn foliage.