Three Eyes- LE

"Three Eyes" stands apart from Kawano's signature dancing figures, suggesting a more experimental composition within his sosaku-hanga practice. The title implies a stylized face or figure incorporating three eye forms — a motif that may draw on surrealist influence or Japanese folk imagery of supernatural beings with multiple eyes. In the creative print movement, artists like Kawano retained full control over design, carving, and printing, which encouraged personal and sometimes enigmatic subject matter. Kawano's characteristic bold knife-cut lines and concentrated fields of color would lend this kind of composition a graphic intensity. The symmetry or asymmetry of three eyes within a single image creates an inherently unsettling dynamism, suggesting watchfulness or psychological depth. As a limited edition print, this work would have been hand-printed and signed in pencil, indicating a controlled run intended for the collector market. The exact color palette is unknown, but Kawano frequently used deep reds, blacks, and muted warm tones in his figurative work.