Untitled

This untitled print represents one node in Ninomiya Miyuki's broader practice as a Japanese mokuhanga artist. The traditional process — drawing the [hanshita-e](/glossary/hanshita-e), carving the blocks (typically from cherry, yamazakura), mixing water-based pigments, and printing layer by layer with a [baren](/glossary/baren) — is slow, and the resulting print bears physical evidence of the maker's hand at each stage. Untitled works in contemporary mokuhanga tend to emphasize formal qualities: the relationship between negative space and printed area, the registration of successive blocks, the variations between impressions in an edition. Ninomiya's twice-confirmed presence at IMC juried exhibitions, in 2021 and again in 2024, marks consistent recognition by the conference's curators. Her work circulates within a defined community of mokuhanga makers concentrated in Japan, with international peers who attend the conferences and contribute to exchange portfolios. The untitled framing leaves material and process as the print's primary content.