Machine Blossoms

Machine Blossoms (機械の花) is a 2019 lithograph in which Izuhara constructs a hybrid imagery yoking mechanical structure to floral form. The title's pairing of 機械 (machine) with 花 (blossom) signals a biomorphic abstraction in which gear-like, valve-like, or assembled industrial components are organized into petalled or radial configurations. At 50 × 40 cm, the sheet sits within the standard exhibition scale used by KCUA-trained lithographers, supporting careful tonal modulation across mid-range greys and saturated key passages that stone or aluminium-plate lithography afford. The print was selected for the 68th CWAJ Print Show in 2025, placing it within a curated survey of contemporary Japanese print rather than the historical hanga lineage. Within Izuhara's practice, Machine Blossoms reflects the conceptual orientation of the Kansai lithography stream, in which technical precision is harnessed to abstracted natural or constructed motifs rather than to the representational subjects — kacho-e, bijin-ga, meisho-e — associated with the woodblock tradition that gives the medium its historical weight.