NISHIJIMA ORIGINAL OPEN EDITION WOODBLOCK PRINTS NISHIJIMA, KATSUYUKI. Katsuyuki Nishijima was born in 1945 in Yamaguchi Province of Japan. From 1964 to 1968 he studied the art of Woodblock Prints in the studio of the Mikumo publishing house in Kyoto as well as exhibiting  his work with the Kyoto independent artists and in solo displays. From 1972 he focused his immense talents on limited edition woodblocks using traditional old buildings as his main subject matter. Katsuyuki Nishijima's woodblocks come in a number of formats and the larger sizes are limited editions of usually 500, all hand signed, titled and numbered but normally never dated. He has also produced a number of open edition woodblocks since the mid 1970s which are hand signed and titled and again not dated. SEE OUR NISHIJIMA LIMITED EDITION WOODBLOCK PAGE FOR LARGER FORMAT EXAMPLES OF THIS FAMOUS ARTIST'S WORK IN LIMITED EDITIONS OF 100 and 500 ORIGINAL OPEN EDITION WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY KATSUYUKI NISHIJIMA, ALL HAND SIGNED AND TITLED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST SIZE 33.5cm x 26cm (13 inches x 10 inches) There is extremely minor variation in individual woodblocks Individual Woodblock Price is Aust$132 including GST Export Price is Aust$120 #P1232 THE MORNING SUN This is Nishijima's most famous scene and Shows Takeojima Island in Imazu, Shigae Province.  #P1453 KEIJITSU which means A DAY This woodblock dates from 1995 and shows Shogion in Kyoto. If you look at the kimono hanging on the wall of the building you will see the word SHIMA on it. This is the kanji word for Jima as in Nishijima's name. #P1550 YUKOMOYOI which means IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW The scene is Shinbashi in Gion with the snow beginning to fall. #P1598 RISSHU which means (FIRST DAY OF) AUTUMN This scene from 1995 is a quiet lane leading to the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto that Nishijima has given an almost mystical  feel through perspective and contrast with the umbrella as a focus. #P1648 KISARAGI  which means FEBRUARY The scene is a three hundred year old Yuba, which is Tofu, Shop in Fuya town Kyoto. The Noren Cloth in the doorway reads Yubahan which is the name of the store. #P2019 RAIN AND FINE Iconic Umbrella Scene #P1657 YUKUHARA which means PASSING SPRING The scene shows Sannenzaka which is a famous walkway in Higashiyama, Kyoto. #P1331 JUST AFTER THE RAIN This is one of his most popular umbrella scenes. #P1595 FLOWER SEASON The scene is an historic shop is Kyoto in fine spring light. RARE EARLY ORIGINAL OPEN EDITION WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY KATSUYUKI NISHIJIMA, ALL HAND SIGNED AND TITLED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST SIZE 33.5cm x 26cm (13 inches x 10 inches) There is extremely minor variation in individual woodblocks #P1637 DAIKAN which means FIRST DAY OF THE COLDEST SEASON PRICE: Aust$133 including GST              Export Price is Aust$130 THIS IS A VERY EARLY WOODBLOCK created in the Mid 1970s. Nishijima only began his woodblock career in 1972 so it is among his first and it shows an historic tea shop named Hiranoya in the Saga Region of Kyoto.   ALL IMAGES AND WORDS ON THIS WEB SITE ARE COPYRIGHT TO P&W WINCH AND CAN NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM SAME. ALL INFORMATION AND DESCRIPTIONS ARE OUR EXPERT OPINIONS BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE, RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE IN WOODBLOCK PRINTS.

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