Corsage (T.4)

A 1970 woodblock print in ink and color on paper, depicting a corsage, the small floral arrangement worn as personal adornment. Cataloged as T.4, suggesting its place within a numbered sequence of related works. Takahashi takes this intimate decorative object and examines it with the formal rigor of his abstract tendencies, translating clustered petals and ribbon into overlapping shapes and compressed color. The corsage subject connects to his interest in flowers and organic forms, but the compact scale of the object, something held in the hand or pinned to fabric, distinguishes it from his larger botanical compositions. The ink-and-color technique on paper produces the matte, slightly absorbent surface quality that characterizes his mokuhanga practice.