Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print
Katsuyuki Nishijima’s woodblock print “吹屋の路地” (Fukiya Street) opens onto a rain-washed lane in Fukiya Furusato Village, where deep green forested hills looms above ochre-plastered merchant houses. Sheets of rain streak past latticed shutters and sekishugawara tile roofs, while the warm “bengara” pigment of clay walls glows against the storm. A vivid scene of a historic copper-mining town reborn in red ochre. 🌧️🏘️
- Year & Edition: Ed. of 500 (signed & titled in pencil).
- Medium: Woodblock.
- Dimensions: Sheet W: 43.50 cm × H: 31.50 cm; Image W: 37.75 cm × H: 25.75 cm.
- Condition: Studio-fresh.
- Notes: Fukiya Furusato Village was designated an Important Preservation District in 1977. Its Edo-Meiji townhouses are coated in “bengara” (紅柄) iron-oxide pigment, once vital for copper-mine shipments, pottery dyes and rust-proofing - unifying plaster walls and “sekishugawara” (石州瓦) roofs in a glowing red-ochre palette.
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