"Kuma 921" belongs to one of Maki Haku's catalogued series — the large number suggesting either a catalog reference or a late-career production within a systematic body of work. The title "kuma" means "bear" in Japanese, though in his abstract context it may function as a calligraphic reference or sound-image rather than a representational subject. The work likely explores how a named concept can inhabit an abstract visual field, the title functioning as a kind of key that opens interpretive possibility.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kuma 921 was created by Maki Haku (巻白).
Kuma 921 depicts animals and abstract.
