SAN II (Bright II)

A woodblock print titled "SAN II (Bright II)," where "san" carries the Japanese meaning of bright, radiant, or brilliant. Kawachi Seiko explores luminosity as both subject and sensation, using the woodblock medium to build layers of color that glow from within the paper's surface. The Roman numeral "II" indicates a second version or continuation, suggesting that brightness as a concept merited sustained investigation across multiple prints. Water-based pigments on washi paper have an inherent translucency that makes them especially suited to depicting light, and Kawachi exploits this material quality to create impressions that seem to emit rather than merely reflect illumination.