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Stone Bodhisattva at Datong, China by Hiratsuka Un'ichi — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Stone Bodhisattva at Datong, China

by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

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

Description

A seated bodhisattva carved in stone dominates the composition, rendered with closed eyes, dark blue hair, and a red robe with bold black outlines, seated within a pale mint-green mandorla against a mustard-orange ground. Partial figures of additional stone Buddhas—feet visible above, a second head below—frame the central image top and bottom, suggesting a row of carved niches. The print is signed and dated in pencil below the image, with a red artist's seal and Japanese characters at lower right; the year 1944 appears in the margin, and Hiratsuka Un'ichi's mokuhanga technique shows visible woodgrain texture in the orange background.

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Stone Bodhisattva at Datong, China was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).