Untitled (nomura-yoshimitsu)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This untitled woodblock print is the last of the undocumented landscape entries in Nomura Yoshimitsu's catalog. Taken together, the titled and untitled works form a comprehensive visual survey of the Kyoto region as seen through the lens of shin-hanga printmaking. Yoshimitsu's practice of returning repeatedly to the same geographic area gave his prints an accumulated depth of knowledge: he understood how light fell across particular temple roofs at different hours, how snow settled along specific stretches of riverbank, how autumn color progressed from the hilltops downward into the valleys. This intimacy with place, even when individual titles are lost, distinguishes his work from prints by artists who visited Kyoto only briefly.
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.