Design 65-10, Shôwa period, dated 1965

Dated 1965 and identified as the tenth work in that year's Design series, this print belongs to an early and prolific phase of Maki Haku's numbered output. The 'Design' designation may distinguish these works from more purely calligraphic prints, suggesting a compositional emphasis on formal arrangement. By the tenth iteration, Maki would have been refining recurring visual problems — the balance between embossed mass and flat ground, the contrast between inked and uninked relief. Works from the 1965 Design series characteristically feature dense, compact forms referencing seal script characters, their surfaces built from wood and hardened filler materials to produce ridges that ink unevenly, creating tonal gradations across a single raised passage. The physical relief would be pronounced enough to cast shadows under raking light.