Lost Paradise 4
- Date:
- 1972
- Medium:
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Description
"Lost Paradise 4" is a 1972 print by Akira Kurosaki, the fourth entry in a series meditating on themes of exile and irretrievable beauty. The title carries obvious biblical overtones, but filtered through Kurosaki's Japanese modernist sensibility, it takes on additional resonances tied to environmental loss and cultural displacement in postwar Japan. Created during a fertile period of Kurosaki's career, the print employs his method of carving directly into the wood surface to generate compositions that hover between representation and pure form. The paradise referenced is not depicted but rather felt as an absence, a space carved away. As a numbered series work, "Lost Paradise 4" develops ideas explored in earlier entries while pushing toward new formal territory.
More Prints by Akira Kurosaki
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lost Paradise 4 was created by Akira Kurosaki (黒崎彰) in 1972.
Lost Paradise 4 depicts landscapes and abstract.