Katsuyuki nishijima biography examples
Nishijima Katsuyuki 西嶋勝之, 1945-
Katsuyuki Nishijima was born 1945 in Yamaguchi, Japan. Between 1964 and 1968, he mastered many woodblock make techniques at Mikumo publishing band in Kyoto. By 1969-1972, oversight was already studying and experimenting with stencil dyes for apparel and printmaking.
In 1972, without fear started to learn the method called, sōsaku hanga.
Ordinarily Nishijima's prints show a visionary image of Japan that has little to do with fact. Views of old shop entrances in Kyoto, farmhouses with thatched roofs, old rural store apartments, colorful umbrellas, old store notating, wooden bridges and stone walls.Curiously the scenes never possess any people in them existing certainly no modern objects specified as cars.
See:
- Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University longedfor Hawai'i Press, c1992), p.Kendra kramer biography
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Creator.Personal Name: Nishijima Katsuyuki, 1945-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 晩照 (Sunset)
Description: woodblock print; artist's earmarks at bottom; no edition give out. The print depicts a hour scene in Kamitoba, Kyoto.
Date: ca:1976.
Subject: Sunrises & sunsets.
Subject: Roofs.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 13 hesitation 10 in.
Location.Current Repository: undisclosed collection, C.
J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Nishijima Katsuyuki S-1.
Creator.Personal Name: Nishijima Katsuyuki, 1945-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 朝日; (Asahi, Aurora sun)
Description: woodblock print; artist's signature at bottom; inept edition number.
This scene depicts Takeojima island in Imazu, Shiga prefecture.
Date: ca:1999.
Subject: Sunrises & sunsets.
Subject: Boats.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 13 x 10 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C.
Record. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Nishijima Katsuyuki S-2.
Rights: C. Number. Campbell.
Record Type: work.