Night Scene of Kiyamachi Street
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$200–$2,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Kotozuka's Kyoto prints are popular and affordable. Seasonal temple scenes and garden views are most sought after.
Kiyamachi Street at night — the narrow canal-side lane in central Kyoto lined with traditional restaurants and teahouses — presents Kotozuka with one of the old city's most atmospheric urban subjects. The combination of the Takase Canal's still water reflecting lantern light, the historic architecture along both banks, and the quality of Kyoto's night air creates a scene of contained urban beauty. Kotozuka's woodblock palette for this nocturnal urban subject would balance the warm amber of the interior lights against the cool blue of the night sky and water.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Night Scene of Kiyamachi Street was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in Not set.
Night Scene of Kiyamachi Street depicts urban scenes and night scenes.
