Utsu (strike)

A close-up composition of a horned oni (demon) mask with a bulging eye, bared fangs, and a furrowed red face, its golden mane rendered in dense curling linework. The figure is surrounded by densely packed, interlocking forms in vermillion, olive green, mustard yellow, and grey-brown, filling the frame edge to edge with no visible background space. The palette is dominated by hot reds and oranges against cooler greens, giving the image an intense, aggressive mood; the sheet is signed in pencil at lower right beside a red seal, titled *Utsu (strike)* by Masato Sudo, a woodblock print of unknown date.