Diary Jan. 9 1976

An entry from early January 1976 in Noda's ongoing Diary series, this woodblock print in oban format records a winter moment frozen in time. The date — just over a week into the new year — suggests a scene of quiet transition, possibly a domestic interior or street view captured during the lingering stillness of the holiday period. Printed using traditional woodblock technique alone, without the silkscreen overlay Noda frequently employed, the image carries a more direct, hand-carved quality. This mid-1970s piece belongs to a period when Noda was actively refining the Diary format he had launched in the late 1960s, establishing the visual language of dated observation that would sustain his practice for decades.