Endless Day
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- japancoll
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kurosaki's bold, colorful prints appeal to collectors of both Japanese and international contemporary art.
"Endless Day" is a woodblock print by Akira Kurosaki that evokes the disorientation of time stretching beyond normal perception. Kurosaki often titled his works with evocative phrases rather than descriptive labels, inviting viewers to bring their own associations to his abstract compositions. The print likely features his signature approach of dense, interlocking carved forms where blacks and deep tones dominate the picture plane. The title's suggestion of perpetual daylight contrasts with the typically shadowed quality of his prints, creating a productive tension between word and image. Kurosaki's method of carving directly into plywood rather than traditional cherry blocks gave his surfaces a raw, splintered character unlike the polished smoothness of classical woodblock printing.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Endless Day was created by Akira Kurosaki (黒崎彰).
Endless Day depicts landscapes and abstract.
