Milky Way
- Date:
- 1959
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 38.7 × 28.3 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Milky Way (1959) — created in the same year as Midnight — extended Hagiwara's investigation of cosmic darkness toward the galaxy's vast, diffuse structure. The Milky Way's characteristic form — a band of concentrated starlight crossing the dark sky — provided his carved woodblock surfaces with a subject where the relationship between individual marks (stars) and overall composition (the galaxy) directly mirrored the relationship between the gouge-strokes of the carving tool and the overall surface they composed. The cosmos as a medium for self-reflection.
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Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
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Color woodblock print; oban
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March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
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1919
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January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Milky Way was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1959.
Milky Way depicts moonlight, night scenes, and abstract.
Milky Way measures 38.7 × 28.3 cm.