Untitled (fujiki-kikumaro)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- robynbuntin
Description
The fourth in Kikumaro's series of untitled woodblock prints, this work continues a practice of visual communication unmediated by language. The woodblock process itself involves a form of translation: from drawn design to carved block to printed image, each stage transforming the original conception. Adding a title would impose yet another layer of translation, from image to word. By withholding that final step, Kikumaro preserves the print as a purely visual artifact. The carved and printed surface carries all the information the artist chose to transmit, encoded in line, color, and the physical impression of wood on paper.
More Prints by Fujiki Kikumaro
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Untitled (fujiki-kikumaro) was created by Fujiki Kikumaro.
Untitled (fujiki-kikumaro) depicts landscapes, figures, and bijin-ga.