Untitled

This untitled print was shown as part of Egger's participation in the 2021 IMC juried exhibition. Contemporary mokuhanga produced outside Japan typically retains the tools and materials of the traditional workflow — Japanese cherry-wood or shina blocks, hand-burnished baren printing, washi made from kozo or gampi fibers — while moving away from the figurative subjects ([bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga), [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e), [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e)) associated with Edo-period [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) and the [nishiki-e](/glossary/nishiki-e) color-print tradition. The untitled designation itself signals that shift: where ukiyo-e prints were issued with descriptive titles tying them to a place, person, or season, contemporary mokuhanga frequently leaves works unnamed. Egger's contribution to the IMC exhibition represents Austria within the global community that has formed around mokuhanga as a medium of contemporary art, distinct from but technically continuous with the historical Japanese print.