Silence D
- 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.
Silence D — the fourth variation in a series about silence as visual subject — translates an auditory absence into visual terms. Silence in Japanese aesthetics (ma, seijaku) carries positive weight, understood not as the mere absence of sound but as a presence in itself: the silence of a Zen garden, the pause between drum beats in a Noh performance, the quiet that fills a room after the last guest has departed. Amano's abstract compositions in this series likely use simplicity, openness, and large areas of quiet color to convey silence as visual experience.
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.
Silence D was created by Amano Kunihiro (天野邦弘).
Silence D depicts landscapes and abstract.
