
Buddhas Hand and navel orange
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
A teal-green bowl holds several round orange navel oranges alongside the yellow, finger-like lobes of a Buddha's Hand citron, set on a red tabletop patterned with white zigzag streaks; a pale blue-grey background bears a faint stenciled leaf motif, with the artist's signature and seal in the upper right. The forms are rendered in flat, bold color fields outlined in black with fine white highlight lines, giving the fruit a graphic, sculptural quality against the muted backdrop. This mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print) by Yamamura Toyonari depicts the still life in a restrained palette of orange, yellow, teal, and deep red.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Buddhas Hand and navel orange was created by Yamamura Toyonari (山村豊成).