Blessing C

Blessing C is a woodblock print rendered in ink and color on paper, placing it among the subset of Shinoda's work that moves beyond strict monochrome. The addition of color, likely applied by hand or through selective inking of the block, introduces a warmth that her pure sumi ink pieces deliberately withhold. The title suggests benediction, and the color acts as its visual equivalent, a brightening within the otherwise austere vocabulary of black strokes. The letter C marks it as the third in a sequence, each variation reworking the same spiritual impulse through different compositional choices.