My Space and My Dimension

My Space and My Dimension is an abstract mokuhanga composition that aligns with Funasaka's lifelong investigation of pictorial space through reduced geometric vocabulary. The title points to one of his recurring conceptual concerns: the print as a self-contained spatial field rather than a representational window. Works in this vein typically feature one or more of Funasaka's three signature motifs — the lemon, the circular hole, and the vertical mark — set against flat color planes printed from multiple woodblocks, often in combination with silkscreen passages. The mokuhanga medium contributes the matte, absorbent surface of [washi](/glossary/washi) printed by [baren](/glossary/baren), while the geometric clarity reflects his early training as an oil painter at Tama University of Art. Funasaka's abstract output, which numbers well over a thousand prints, places him in dialogue with the postwar sōsaku-hanga generation that pushed traditional woodblock toward non-figurative form. The titular emphasis on personal dimension is characteristic of his statements about the print as a meditative object — a defined territory in which the artist rehearses the same vocabulary across decades.