Song Of earth

An invocation of the earth itself — Gaia, the planetary feminine — rendered through Oda's mokuhanga vocabulary. The print likely depicts an earth-goddess figure, possibly cradling or emerging from the landscape, consistent with Oda's recurring use of Gaia as a central archetype across her body of work. Her later practice increasingly engaged ecological themes, including anti-nuclear advocacy. Mokuhanga's earth-derived pigments and washi support material reinforce the subject matter: each impression is a hand-pulled trace of natural materials. The composition likely uses curving organic forms — bodies, hills, water — registered through multiple blocks rather than the fine descriptive line of Edo-period meisho-e landscape. "Song of earth" gestures toward both spiritual celebration and environmental witness, twin concerns of Oda's mature work. The print sits among her ecospiritual pieces, bridging her Buddhist training and her activism on behalf of the planet.