Fukei Yami W-115 (Landscape-Night W-115)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- British Museum
Description
"Fukei Yami W-115" translates to "Landscape-Night," placing this woodblock print within Kurosaki's numbered landscape series that reinterprets the natural world through near-total abstraction. The nocturnal setting gives Kurosaki license to reduce the landscape to its most essential elements: darkness punctuated by fragments of form. Where traditional shin-hanga artists used bokashi gradations to render moonlit scenes with romantic softness, Kurosaki strips night down to hard-edged contrasts and impenetrable shadow. The "W-115" designation indicates this is part of an extended body of work, a sustained meditation on how darkness reshapes our understanding of terrain. The carved woodgrain texture becomes topography itself, blurring the line between printing material and depicted subject.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fukei Yami W-115 (Landscape-Night W-115) was created by Akira Kurosaki (黒崎彰).
Fukei Yami W-115 (Landscape-Night W-115) depicts landscapes, night scenes, and abstract.