Fumio Kitaoka - 神秘の屋久島 (Mysterious Yakushima Island)

Name: Fumio Kitaoka - 神秘の屋久島 (Mysterious Yakushima Island)
Brand: Kumo Arts
Price: 380.00 GBP
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£380.00

Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print

Fumio Kitaoka’s 1995 woodblock shows a massive cedar trunk set among dense undergrowth, with misty mountain ridges fading into the background. A truely incredible piece. 🌿🏔️

Year & Edition: 1995 · Artist Proof (signed, titled & dated in pencil).
Medium: Woodblock.
Dimensions: Sheet W: 63.50 cm × H: 48.50 cm; Image W: 54.50 cm × H: 39.50 cm.
Condition: Excellent; clean image and paper; “Fumio Kitaoka” watermark to margin.
Notes: Yakushima Island (屋久島) is a UNESCO World Heritage site off Kyushu’s southern coast, famed for its ancient Yakusugi cedar forests and mist-shrouded slopes. This print captures the island’s dense subtropical foliage and the rugged silhouette of its peaks - an atmosphere that inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli: Princess Mononoke.

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]