BUNARIN AKI (forest of beech in autumn)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
Description
"Forest of beech in autumn" renders the buna grove at the height of its seasonal color — the broad-leafed canopy turning gold and amber above a forest floor carpeted in the same fallen warmth. Kitaoka's handling captures both the specific identity of the beech forest (its smooth, pale trunks, its broad-leafed canopy) and a more abstract seasonal feeling, the composition organized around the tension between the vertical geometry of trunks and the horizontal spread of the autumn color mass.
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Tengui Rock, Autumn in Shiobara (Shiobara no aki (Tenguiwa))
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Frequently Asked Questions
BUNARIN AKI (forest of beech in autumn) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
BUNARIN AKI (forest of beech in autumn) depicts autumn foliage.