"The Black Swan" is a [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) print by Keiko Minami, created during the postwar. This work demonstrates the artist's distinctive approach to birds and flowers through the medium of Japanese woodblock printing.
Keiko Minami created etchings and aquatints of birds, flowers, trees, and fish rendered with such delicacy and silence that they appear to inhabit a world adjacent to ours — familiar in their subjects, otherworldly in their stillness.
This print represents Keiko Minami's contribution to the sosaku-hanga tradition during the postwar. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
The Black Swan was created by Keiko Minami (南桂子).
The Black Swan uses Etching, on woodblock print.
The Black Swan depicts birds & flowers and animals.
