KOUGENNOASA B (morning of tableland B)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
Description
"Morning of tableland B" — a second variant in a series of highland morning compositions — captures the plateau at the moment when dawn light spreads across open, elevated terrain. The tableland offers a distinctive landscape experience: the horizon wide and low, the sky enormous, the ground a level expanse without the vertical drama of mountain or valley. Kitaoka renders morning's arrival on such terrain as a horizontal drama of light and color, the flatness of the tableland becoming an invitation to pure atmospheric painting in woodblock form.
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Frequently Asked Questions
KOUGENNOASA B (morning of tableland B) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
KOUGENNOASA B (morning of tableland B) depicts landscapes, mountains, and abstract.