Edutainment > Woodblock Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima - born 1945

Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints I

Katsuyuki Nishijima Biography
Tsutaya and Red Gate
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In August of 2009 we received a new consignment of all hand-made woodblock prints by Japanese printmaker Katsuyuki Nishijima. Among them were many new (or old) designs that we had never seen before. With this page we want to share some of the new designs with you.

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The Art of Katsuyuki Nishijima

In terms of numbers of Japanese woodblock prints produced (and sold), Katsuyuki Nishijima is probably the most successful contemporary woodblock printmaker in Japan. When Mr. Katsuyuki Nishijima publishes a new limited edition, it is usually large - 500 impressions, each copy signed and numbered. Other artists can only dream of such huge editions. Nevertheless these prints are sold out fast.

Popular Moku Hanga

Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints II

Hanga
Hill of Murotsu
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The artist has specialized in views of old Japan - old stores in Kyoto and elsewhere, farmhouses, romantic landscapes, old lanes and more. His subjects are timeless. We have never seen a human being or a car depicted on any of his woodblock prints.

He shows the beauty of Japan - as most people would like to see it. It is a bit a continuation of the sales philosophy of the Japanese shin hanga art movement. But while shin hanga prints were not cheap and not meant for the common Japanese people, but rather expensive art for a small bourgois minority, Katsuyuki Nishijima creates art for the common man (and woman, of course).

Let us call it popular moku hanga ('hanga' = print, and 'moku' = wood in Japanese). The formula of Katsuyuki's success is simple. He combines the beauty of shin hanga with the low price of ukiyo-e of the nineteenth century.

Open and Limited Editions

You find Katsuyuki Nishijima prints in different sizes and publication schemes. They come in open or limited editions, and they come signed or unsigned.

A typical print has for instance oban size, an edition of 500, is numbered and signed by the artist in pencil. It has a retail price of roughly $150 - a reasonable price for an all hand-made beautiful, Japanese woodblock print by one of the most successful and best-known contemporary Japanese printmakers.

Dieter Wanczura
(September 2009)

New Woodblock Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima

Here are ten more beautiful Japanese woodblock prints by this wonderful artist.

Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints XI

Japanese Prints in the 20th Century
Autumn in Tochigi
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints III

From Ukiyo-e to Moku Hanga
Morning of Karahashi
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints IV

Japanese Woodblock Prints
Storage House of Yazuri
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints X

Popular Moku Hanga
Old House
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints V

Ryohei Tanaka - Biography
Hill of Omichi
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints VI

Hiroto Norikane - Biography
Sunset of Izu
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints VII

Yamataka Noboru - Biography
Boathouse of Ihashi
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints VIII

Japanese Nude Prints
Sanjo Street
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Katsuyuki Nishijima Prints IX

Obama Prints
Rural Village
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