Enclosure 36
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$200–$1,500. Common prints: $200–$500. Key value factors: Amano's prints are affordably priced and accessible.
Enclosure 36 continues the systematic exploration of bounded space that defined Amano's most recognized series. The thirty-sixth variation on a single formal concept demonstrates the productive tension between constraint and invention that serial art requires: each Enclosure print must be simultaneously recognizable as part of the series and distinct from every other entry. Amano achieves this through variations in color, in the proportion of enclosed to open space, and in the specific geometric elements used to define the boundary.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Enclosure 36 was created by Amano Kunihiro (天野邦弘).
Enclosure 36 depicts landscapes and abstract.
