Bliss of the Sea II (40/50)
by Mayumi Oda
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- robynbuntin
Description
The second of Oda's Bliss of the Sea compositions — the ocean as a site of spiritual ecstasy rather than danger or awe. Where the Japanese print tradition's treatment of the sea often emphasizes its power and threat (Hokusai's Great Wave), Oda's sea compositions find in the ocean a quality of bliss — the physical sensation of total immersion in the life-sustaining medium, the release from the bounded separateness of terrestrial existence, the return to the saline solution in which all life began. Her goddess figures in these seascape compositions are completely at home in the water, their embodiment not constrained but liberated by the ocean's buoyancy.
More Prints by Mayumi Oda
More Seascapes Prints
Child of the Sea
1940
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Pacific Ocean, Awa Province (Boshu Taikai), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
Pine Beach at Miho (Miho no Matsubara), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
Bliss of the Sea II (40/50) was created by Mayumi Oda (小田真由美).
Bliss of the Sea II (40/50) depicts seascapes.