Bellflower #4

A single bellflower bloom dominates this intimate composition, its five-petaled form rendered in Sugiura Kazutoshi's signature layered technique combining woodblock carving with silkscreen overprinting. The delicate tubular structure of the flower — known as kikyō in Japanese and long associated with autumn and poetic longing — is built up through successive passes of pigment that lend the petals an almost luminous translucency. Gold-leaf accents catch the surrounding negative space, giving the composition a quiet richness characteristic of Sugiura's mature botanical work.