Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A seventh untitled work by Nakajima Kiyoshi, the Showa-era printmaker who built his career on compositions evoking the atmospheric beauty of the Japanese natural world. Wind, rain, clouds, and light — the invisible forces that animate outdoor space — are his primary subjects, rendered through their visible effects on the figures and landscapes that populate his prints. This investment in the imperceptible made perceptible gives his work a quality of heightened attention to nature that aligns it with both the Japanese literary tradition and the modern environmentalist sensibility.
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.