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An earlier numbered entry from Sugiura Kazutoshi's iris series, this print shows the hana-shōbu at a stage when his compositional language was still developing — the relationship between blossom and negative space is perhaps more tentative than in the higher-numbered works, yet the characteristic layering of pigment and the integration of gold leaf are already fully present. The iris petals in this composition fall and spread with a naturalism drawn from Sugiura's years studying classical Japanese painting in Kyoto, balanced against a decisively modern flatness of color field.
Iris No 45 — 花菖蒲 No 45 was created by Sugiura Kazutoshi (杉浦和俊).
Iris No 45 — 花菖蒲 No 45 depicts birds & flowers.
