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Ikebana by Shiro Kasamatsu — Japanese Woodblock print

Ikebana

by Shiro Kasamatsu

Shin-hangaSōsaku-hanga
Still Life
BokashiNishiki-eMoku-hangaKentoBarenSumi
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Source:
ukiyo-e.org

Description

A ikebana arrangement — the Japanese art of flower arranging that transforms cut materials into compositional statements about season, space, and form — appears as a still-life subject in Kasamatsu's printmaking. Ikebana's principles of asymmetry, negative space, and the relationship between the arrangement and its vessel gave Kasamatsu formal problems analogous to those he faced in landscape composition: how to organize natural materials within a defined space in a way that feels necessary rather than arbitrary.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Ikebana was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).

Ikebana uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.

Ikebana was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.

Ikebana depicts still life.