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Onsen by Hiratsuka Un'ichi — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Onsen

by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

A monochrome woodblock print in sepia-toned black ink on cream paper, showing a multi-story wooden building with three tiers of railed balconies rendered in stark black-and-white geometric patterning, set beside a dense cluster of tall trees with densely textured, cloud-like foliage on the left. A stone or tiled path/embankment curves in the foreground toward a small gate, with a low railing at the lower left edge; the artist's name "UN-ICHI" appears in a stamped cartouche in the upper right corner. The composition is bold and graphic, built from strong diagonal lines and dense black masses contrasted against the unprinted paper.

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Onsen was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).