Fumio Kitaoka - 雨の五浦海岸 (The Rainy Izura Coast)

Name: Fumio Kitaoka - 雨の五浦海岸 (The Rainy Izura Coast)
Brand: Kumo Arts
Price: 300.00 GBP
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£300.00

Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print

Fumio Kitaoka’s 1991 Woodblock print “雨の五浦海岸 (The Rainy Izura Coast)” captures sheets of rain lancing across Izura’s pine-topped cliffs and tumultuous waves, with the red hexagonal Rokkakudō pavilion just visible through the storm. A dramatic seaside vista. 🌧️🌊🌲

Year & Edition: 1991 · Ed. of 130 (10/130) (signed, titled & dated in pencil).
Medium: Woodblock.
Dimensions: Sheet W: 63.00 cm × H: 49.00 cm; Image W: 54.50 cm × H: 40.00 cm.
Condition: Beautiful piece in fabulous condition; paper clean & crisp with a few pinhole foxing spots to margin edge; strong colours with no marks or blemishes to the image face.
Notes: Depicts the famed 五浦海岸 (Izura Coast) near 北茨城市 (Kitaibaraki), Ibaraki Prefecture - renowned for its rocky shore, pine-clad cliffs and Okakura Tenshin’s vermilion 六角堂 (Rokkakudō) pavilion, here shrouded in rain and spray.

About the Artist

Fumio Kitaoka (1918-2007) was a leading figure in Japan’s sōsaku-hanga movement and a student of both Unichi Hiratsuka and Koshiro Onchi. Known for his quietly powerful landscapes, Kitaoka explored seasonal change, shifting light, and the passage of time. He exhibited and taught internationally from the 1950s onward, and his work is held in major collections including MoMA, Harvard Art Museums, and the Yokohama Museum of Art. [ ← View All Works by Fumio Kitaoka]