Himeji Castle- proof

Himeji Castle — Japan's most celebrated surviving feudal castle, its white walls earning it the name "White Heron Castle" — appears here as a proof print, meaning one of the working impressions pulled before the final edition was established. Binnie's proof prints document the stages of the printmaking process, each one slightly different from the final as the artist and carver refined the image. The castle's layered white towers rise against a sky rendered with the bokashi gradations characteristic of his landscape work.