Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

This third Kikumaro print associated with the Robyn Buntin gallery in Honolulu rounds out a group that collectively documents the artist's presence in the Hawaiian art market. Honolulu's geographic and cultural position between Japan and the American mainland made it a natural hub for Japanese print collecting, and galleries like Robyn Buntin served as intermediaries between artists and Western audiences. The woodblock print carries the material qualities of hand production: slight variations in ink density, the grain of the wood transferred as subtle texture, and the precise registration of multiple color blocks that required skilled printing. Each impression is both a reproduction and a unique object.