Untitled (nomura-yoshimitsu)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This untitled print by Nomura Yoshimitsu belongs to the artist's body of shin-hanga work depicting Kyoto and its environs. Yoshimitsu's prints participate in a long history of artists documenting the old capital, a tradition that includes Edo-period masters who produced sets of "Famous Views of Kyoto" as well as photographers and painters who continued to record the city's changing face through the twentieth century. The woodblock format offered something that neither painting nor photography could fully replicate: a printed image whose colors were built up through translucent layers of pigment, creating luminous effects that seem to glow from within the paper. This optical quality gives Yoshimitsu's landscapes their distinctive warmth and presence.
More Prints by Nomura Yoshimitsu
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 (nomura-yoshimitsu) was created by Nomura Yoshimitsu (野村義光).
Untitled (nomura-yoshimitsu) depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and abstract.