
32” H x 24.5” W
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Description
Identified only by its dimensions — 32 by 24.5 inches — this print falls at a substantial scale for mokuhanga, larger than the traditional oban format (roughly 15 by 10 inches) that defined Edo-period commercial printmaking. Working at this size compounds the technical challenges of water-based woodblock printing: the washi must be evenly dampened across a much larger surface, the carved blocks must avoid warp under repeated wetting, and baren pressure must remain consistent edge to edge during printing. Sourcing washi at this scale typically means commissioning sheets from a specialist papermaker rather than buying from stock. Fisher's willingness to work at architectural rather than intimate scale aligns with a broader contemporary mokuhanga tendency to push the technique beyond its historical conventions, treating the wood-and-water medium as adaptable to the gestural and physical demands of post-1950s printmaking. The reduction of the title to its measurements emphasizes the print as a physical object.
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32” H x 24.5” W was created by Craig Vaughn Fisher.



