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.
Another iteration of "Wind Patterns" (風もよう) — Nakajima Kiyoshi's most frequently revisited compositional theme, the visible record that wind leaves in the world. Each new version of this title represents a fresh exploration of the same fundamental subject from a different seasonal, compositional, or atmospheric perspective: wind patterns in spring differ from wind patterns in autumn; wind patterns in a grass field differ from wind patterns on a water surface; the wind of a gentle afternoon differs from the wind of an approaching storm. Nakajima's sustained engagement with this subject constitutes an extended meditation on the visible world's invisible animating force.
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.
Wind Patterns - 風もよう was created by Nakajima Kiyoshi (中島潔).
Wind Patterns - 風もよう depicts landscapes, figures, and bijin-ga.
