Unknown- white calla lilies

White calla lilies — large, sculptural flowers with a trumpet-shaped spathe — are rendered in this print with the graphic boldness that Kawano brought to all his botanical subjects. The calla's dramatic form, with its smooth curves and stark white color, translated naturally into the language of the woodblock, where the unprinted white of the paper could represent the flower's distinctive pallor. As a Western flower with growing presence in Japanese floral culture, the calla lily also reflects the cross-cultural dimension of Kawano's artistic world.