Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
An untitled work by Nakajima Kiyoshi from his Showa-era printmaking practice. Nakajima's prints are distinguished by their characteristic use of the Japanese natural world — fields, forests, river banks, domestic gardens — as both setting and emotional field. The wind that animates these outdoor spaces in his work is not merely physical but carries the feeling of a particular season, a particular hour, a particular quality of light and air that makes a specific natural moment memorable and worth capturing. His technique translates these transient atmospheric conditions into lasting printed images.
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.