Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
Kaizu Osaki, written in Japanese as 海津大崎の, is a promontory on the northern shore of Lake Biwa renowned for its tunnel of cherry trees stretching roughly four kilometers along the waterfront road. Nishiyama's woodblock print records this celebrated landscape where the lake meets a rocky, tree-lined shore backed by the mountains of northern Shiga Prefecture. The composition allows the viewer to appreciate the layered depth of the scene: foreground rocks, mid-ground trees along the shoreline, the broad expanse of the lake, and distant mountain ridges fading into atmospheric haze. The location has been depicted by artists for centuries as one of the Eight Views of Omi, and Nishiyama continues that tradition while bringing a modern sensitivity to light and color.
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.
Kaizu Osaki — 海津大崎の was created by Nishiyama Hideo (西山英雄).
Kaizu Osaki — 海津大崎の depicts landscapes, cherry blossoms, and spring.
