Camellia

A single red camellia blossom fills the center of the composition, its petals rendered in flat crimson around a cluster of yellow-tipped stamens, flanked by dark green pointed leaves outlined in black. The background is patterned with a hand-carved grid of yellow crosshatched lines against the cream paper, giving the flat design a textured backdrop. The print is signed in pencil below the image with the artist's name, date, and a Japanese character, and carries a small "UN" block monogram near the lower right of the printed image. Title: Camellia. Artist: Hiratsuka Un'ichi. Year: 1945. Medium: Color woodblock print.