AUTUMN

Japanese style woodblock print 

WINTER

Japanese style woodblock print

SPRING

Japanese style woodblock print

SUMMER

Japanese style woodblock print

These four  prints were inspired by Japanese kokeshi dolls I saw on the internet.  The mother and child theme is a popular one with kokeshi artisans.

 

"Lion Dog" - monoprint

Fireworks - woodblock print

Small town fireworks in Japan - 

a happy memory!

Still summer, but looks like fall.

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Larger Woodblock Prints

 Lucky Cat (Maneki Neko)

woodblock print

This Japanese folk image beckons good fortune and good company into the home.  What looks to a westerner as “bye-bye” is the gesture for “come here” in Japan.

Guardian Fox Messenger

woodblock print

The fox is the guardian/messenger for Inari, the deity of rice who is honored at shrines throughout Japan. The fox is a trickster figure, able to change into any shape.

 Manjusri

woodblock print

Manjusri is the deity of wisdom in the Buddhist pantheon.  I pictured him as a boy riding a Korean tiger.  

Japanese Tiger

woodblock print

This tiger is a guardian figure, one of a pair (the other is Chinese!)

Kuan Yin

woodblock print

Kuan Yin is the Chinese name for the deity of mercy and compassion in the Buddhist pantheon who “hears the cries of the world.”  (Chenrezig in Tibet, Kannon in Japan)

Silkscreen Print. Made at High Point Press.

Friends

JAPANESE SHRINES - WOODBLOCK PRINTS

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The Shrine

The Visit

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