Nanga

Print

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Nanga

Entry/Object ID

NU 2023.145

Description

A print of a seascape with a person in a small boat in the lower center. The print is done in the Chinese Southern School style.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Collection

Art Collection

Cataloged By

collectionsintern@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Gizan Izuno

Role

Painter

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

On the top right corner

Transcription

Unknown

Language

Japanese

Material/Technique

Printed

Type

Label

Location

On the back

Transcription

WOODBLOCK PRINT "NANGA" Originated by Gizan Izuno This print is an original by Gizan Izuno (1885-1957) of Kyoto who first made a study of the Southern School of Chinese Paintings and later of the Northern School of the Sun and Yuan Dynasties. He is now the only Japanese artist who subscribes to the traditional painting techniques of the Northern School. A world of quiet thinking and the high spiritual rhythm of a landscape naturaly expressed on the print - these are the characteristics of the Northern School of Chinese Paintings. UCHIDA WOODBLOCK PRINTING CO., LTD. Marutamachi St, Kawaramachi-nishi Kyoto Japan

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Woodblock

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Landscape

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Instrument, Percussion

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Musical Instruments

Nomenclature Class

Musical T&E

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

15-3/4 in

Length

21-3/4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good