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Fumio Kitaoka - 伊豆の漁村 (Fishing Village in Izu)

Sale price£300.00

Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print

    Fumio Kitaoka’s 1977 Woodblock “伊豆の漁村 (Fishing Village in Izu)” shows a fisherman at dawn tending his skiff amid drying nets and colourful catch against the rustic shacks of an Izu Peninsula shore. An intimate portrait of Shizuoka’s coastal livelihood. 🎣🏖️🌅

    • Year & Edition: 1977 · Ed. of 250 (176/250) (signed, titled & dated in pencil).
    • Medium: Woodblock.
    • Dimensions: Sheet W: 53.00 cm × H: 41.00 cm; Image W: 45.00 cm × H: 32.50 cm.
    • Condition: Good; clean image with sharp, strong colour; even browning to paper and margins; foxing and browning to verso.
    • Notes: Captures the daily rhythms of fisherman’s life on Shizuoka’s Izu Peninsula -hauling in nets, drying catch and mending lines beside weathered seaside huts.

     

    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]