Kurai yokan (Premonition B)

Within a red-bordered, arched frame set against a dark indigo night sky dotted with a faint row of small teal points, an abstract arrangement of geometric and biomorphic forms occupies a shallow, stage-like space. A tall red-and-white striped tower or column rises at left center behind a purple-outlined rectangular structure with dark window-like openings holding a yellow and a blue orb, while in the foreground a faceted teal-and-red block, a curling red-striped ribbon shape, a yellow curved form, and several smoothly rounded grey, blue, and red boulder-like shapes cluster together. The palette is dominated by deep blue-black, red, teal, and yellow against the cream mat, giving the scene a still, nocturnal, dreamlike mood; the work is Kurai yokan (Premonition B), a woodblock print by Akira Kurosaki, year unknown.