Lyric I

A near-abstract, predominantly black composition centered on a single human eye rendered in stark white against dense black shading; a diagonal wedge of pale, unprinted paper cuts across the lower-left portion of the image like a beam of light. Fine incised white lines radiate through the black in short, jagged strokes, suggesting hair or brush marks around the eye. The print is executed in black ink on cream paper with generous unprinted margins, in a vertical rectangular block set within the sheet; a faint pencil signature appears below the block. Onchi Koshiro, "Lyric I," mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print), year unknown.