IW-02

The serial title "IW-02" — a paired letter-and-number designation rather than a descriptive phrase — signals Fuchisawa's affiliation with a strain of Japanese intaglio practice in which compositions are conceived as iterative variations within a defined visual problem rather than as discrete narrative images. The abstract tag and substantial 58 × 78 cm sheet size place the work within the larger format favored by Japanese intaglio artists for juried exhibition: dimensions that allow extended tonal modulation across the plate while remaining within standard etching press capacity. Etchings of this scale typically combine multiple intaglio techniques — line etching, aquatint, and soft-ground or sugar-lift — to build pictorial depth through layered acid bites and selective plate wiping. Fuchisawa's selection for the 68th CWAJ Print Show in 2025 with this work situates him among the cohort of Tokyo Zokei University-trained printmakers circulating through the principal Tokyo-area juried channels, where intaglio has retained a sustained presence alongside woodcut within the contemporary Japanese print field.