Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Ed-miliano-winter tree with berries-mokuhanga-gallery-dublin-ireland

This winter tree with berries adds a second graphic register to the bare-branch composition: scattered points of saturated color set against the muted winter ground. The berries likely carry the print's only intense pigment, registered from a small dedicated color block over the carved branchwork, a structure that exploits mokuhanga's capacity for clean, layered registration. In water-based woodblock, small areas of saturated red or orange pigment retain their intensity while remaining tonally integrated with the [washi](/glossary/washi) ground, since the pigment is absorbed rather than laid on top. The berry motif places the print in dialogue with [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) — the Japanese tradition of bird-and-flower prints, which often pair winter branches with rose hips, holly, or nandina berries. Within Miliano's broader tree series, this print functions as a counterpart to the plain winter tree, introducing a moment of seasonal color into the otherwise reduced composition. The image draws equally on Irish hedgerow imagery, where rowan and hawthorn berries persist on winter branches.