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Katsuyuki Nishijima - 堅田 (Katata)

Sale price£140.00

    Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print

    Katsuyuki Nishijima’s woodblock print “堅田” (Katata) shows traditional freshwater fishing boats moored side by side on Lake Biwa’s shore, their wooden hulls & coiled nets and pots mirrored in rippling monochrome waters - an intimate glimpse of Katata’s enduring lakefront heritage. 🎣🌊

    • Year & Edition: 2020 · Ed. of 500 (signed & titled in pencil).
    • Medium: Woodblock.
    • Dimensions: Sheet W: 43.50 cm × H: 31.50 cm.
    • Condition: Studio-fresh.
    • Notes: Perhaps the monochrome counterpart to Nishijima’s: Fishing Boats at Katata. Located on the south-western shore of Lake Biwa, Katata 堅田 is another wonderful piece illustrating Nishijima’s close connection to the lake & the Eight Views of Omi.

     

    About the Artist

    Katsuyuki Nishijima (b. 1945, Yamaguchi) has spent over fifty years capturing a distilled vision of traditional Japan through woodblock printmaking. Drawing on ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku hanga, his prints depict peaceful street scenes, machiya, and Kyoto townscapes that quietly evoke the spirit of historical Japan. A former apprentice at Kyoto’s Mikumo publishing house, Nishijima brings a deep attentiveness to the cultural memory embedded in architecture and landscape. [ ← View All Works by Katsuyuki Nishijima]