Untitled (nomura-yoshimitsu)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This untitled woodblock print by Yoshimitsu is part of a group of works whose subjects have not been individually documented in available databases. The artist's known output centers on Kyoto and the surrounding Kansai region, and this print almost certainly depicts a scene within that geographic range. Yoshimitsu favored subjects that combined architectural elements with natural settings: a temple gate framed by trees, a stone bridge crossing a stream, or a pagoda rising above a hillside of maples. The shin-hanga production method required close coordination between artist, carver, and printer, with each color in the design requiring a separately carved block that had to align precisely with every other block in the sequence.
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.