Pendant

"Pendant" is a [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) print by Kinoshita Tomio, created during the postwar. This work demonstrates the artist's distinctive approach to figures and masks through the medium of Japanese woodblock printing.

Kinoshita Tomio was a sosaku-hanga printmaker from Mie Prefecture who turned from architecture to printmaking after World War II, producing bold, psychologically charged woodblock prints of abstracted human figures and masks.

This print represents Kinoshita Tomio'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.