It’s been another of those days when I had no time to put together a proper blog post, so here’s just a very pleasing and deceptively simple woodblock print by Kōno Bairei (Japan, 1844-1895). Bairei was a master of depicting birds and flowers, and he opened an art school in 1880. This delightful radish seems quite simple and straightforward, but remember that those seemingly spontaneous lines were carefully carved and those subtle washed of color had to be carefully inked and printed. For whatever reason, I’m just finding this piece is making me very happy today!
[Picture: Japanese Radish, woodblock print by Kōno Bairei, 1868-95 (Image from Harvard Art Museums).]
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