Untitled (hodo-nishimura)

An untitled Nishimura Hodo woodblock print from his active period. The combination of technical accomplishment and decorative appeal that characterizes his identified works — the careful rendering of flower petals, the atmospheric treatment of weather and light, the refined depiction of women in traditional settings — extends through his untitled prints, which represent the same sustained artistic practice in its most private, unlabeled form.