Portfolio Bonds of Wind, No. 2

This sheet belongs to "Bonds of Wind," a portfolio of etchings in which Hayashi gathers several plates around a single sustained subject — wind treated as a tying or binding force. As the second in the portfolio, the print participates in an internal sequence in which each plate develops a different aspect of the underlying motif, with cumulative meaning built across the set. The portfolio format is distinct in his output from the open-ended numbered series (#88, #94, and the like): a portfolio is closed and curated, suggesting that each plate has been worked to function both independently and as a member of a defined group. Technically, plates from this period combine fine etched and drypoint line with aquatint fields and frequent chine-collé applications in gampi, producing the translucent layered sheet characteristic of his intaglio. The "bonds" of the title align with the linear, woven imagery that recurs across his wind-themed work, where mark is treated less as outline than as filament. The portfolio sits within a broader strand of his practice in which wind, breath, and current carry an essentially abstract pictorial language.