Sagittarius, from the Zodiac Series, Shôwa period, circa 1973

Akira Kurosaki's *Sagittarius*, from the Zodiac Series (Shôwa period, circa 1973), is a woodblock print rendered in black, white, and gray tones. The vertical composition places a large, curling biomorphic form built from smooth rounded volumes and soft tonal gradients across the upper two-thirds, above a dark rectangular panel containing a star chart of small dots connected by thin lines and labeled with Greek letters, including a bright star near the bottom marked with the letter alpha. The lower margin bears the pencil edition number "45/150," a title inscription, and the artist's signature.