Nocturne
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
$500–$5,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Collaborative prints with Frank Brangwyn are most sought after.
A nocturne — a night scene in the tradition of Whistler's celebrated tonal paintings — rendered in Urushibara's woodblock technique. The nocturne format, which Whistler himself translated across media, suited woodblock printing's capacity for rich, dark tones and subtle gradations within a compressed value range. Whether depicting a European harbor, a Japanese canal, or an open landscape under moonlight, Urushibara's nocturne would have emphasized atmosphere over detail, mood over description.
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.
Nocturne was created by Yoshijiro Urushibara (漆原木虫).
Nocturne depicts landscapes and night scenes.
