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 sixth untitled print by Nakajima Kiyoshi. His poetically titled works — carrying titles like "Words of the Wind," "Thread Rain," "Misty Dream," and "Fleeting" — situate his printmaking within a classical Japanese literary tradition of sensitivity to transient natural beauty. The untitled works in his oeuvre represent a portion of his output catalogued before full title documentation was established, but they share the same atmospheric delicacy and nostalgic warmth that characterize his titled compositions.
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 rain.
