When the Flame Goes Out — きえてあとなき
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$1,000–$15,000. Reproductions and common prints: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Yumeji's popular image means many reproductions exist. Original prints are scarcer and more valued.
"When the Flame Goes Out — きえてあとなき" gives Yumeji's characteristic subject — the ending of love, the moment after feeling — one of his most direct and devastating titles. The flame that goes out leaves nothing; "あとなき" means "leaving no trace," the complete extinguishing of what had been a source of light and warmth. The image — whatever it depicts — is framed by this language of absolute ending, the most extreme articulation of the romantic melancholy that pervades his work.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
When the Flame Goes Out — きえてあとなき was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
When the Flame Goes Out — きえてあとなき depicts bijin-ga and still life.
