Untitled

Ninomiya Miyuki's untitled mokuhanga prints are pulled using the registration system known as [kento](/glossary/kento) — small L-shaped and straight notches carved into each block that align the paper between successive impressions. Without consistent kento, multi-block color printing collapses into misalignment, and a clean pull on a complex print is itself a technical achievement. Contemporary mokuhanga has retained this registration system unchanged from the Edo period, even as makers have introduced new pigments, papers, and approaches to imagery. Ninomiya works within this tradition, and her placement in the Asia regional exhibition at the 2024 IMC in Echizen indicates her work was judged competitive among regional submissions. Her output sits in dialogue with other Japanese practitioners of her generation who have brought the medium into contemporary fine-art exhibition contexts rather than craft or commercial categories. The untitled designation again locates the work in formal rather than narrative terms.