Nexu's No O, Shôwa period, dated 1965

Dated 1965, Nexus No O is a Showa-period woodblock that takes connection as its subject. The word nexus implies a linking point, a center where separate things converge. Shinoda builds this idea visually through forms that meet or overlap at critical junctures within the composition. The O in the title may refer to a specific variant within a sequence. Printed when Shinoda was in her early fifties, this work belongs to her mature period when she had fully developed her vocabulary of abstract calligraphic forms and was exploring their capacity to carry conceptual weight.