Second song (part 4)

Second Song (Part 4), dated July 1957, advances the musical sequence within Amano's publication series. If the first song established a visual theme, the second develops it, introducing variations and complications that enrich the original statement. Musical second movements often shift mood or tempo, and Amano's visual second song likely modulates the tonal and spatial relationships introduced in its predecessor.

This monochrome ink-on-paper woodblock print continues the formal constraints of the song series: carved black marks on a light ground, arranged according to principles of rhythm and interval borrowed from musical thinking. The part-four designation within the overall series numbering places this work in the middle of the publication, a position that allows it to reference what came before while setting up expectations for what follows. Amano's hand-pulled printing ensures that each impression carries the specific pressure and ink distribution of a singular physical act.