Diary: March 31st, '78

The last day of March 1978, captured in woodblock and silkscreen — a date that marks the boundary between early spring and the fuller warmth of April. This combined-technique print belongs to a productive year in the Diary series; Noda created multiple entries throughout 1978 using various methods. The end of March in Japan coincides with the close of the fiscal and academic year, a time of farewells, transfers, and ceremonial endings. The woodblock-silkscreen process layers hand-carved surfaces with photo-transferred imagery, producing a print whose dual nature mirrors the transitional date it records.