Asking the Bird — Tori ni Kiku

A stylized human figure with an angular, mask-like face, single large round eye, and striped beard reclines against a black ground, one arm ending in a knife-like white blade near a mound of speckled brown ovals. Beside the figure stands a large white-and-black striped bird with a round eye and open beak, facing the reclining figure across a field of mustard-yellow geometric shapes and small grey ornamental forms. The palette is limited to black, mustard yellow, white, grey, and touches of green and red, giving the composition a flat, abstracted, geometric character.