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 twenty-first untitled work by Nakajima Kiyoshi. The sustained productivity his oeuvre demonstrates — dozens of titled series compositions alongside a considerable body of untitled work — reflects the depth of his commitment to printmaking as a primary artistic practice. His prints were produced in editions accessible to a broad collecting public while maintaining the artistic quality that earned him critical attention and museum collection.
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.
