Wind from the Sea
Shinoda Tōkō, Wind from the Sea, ca. 1985, lithograph and hand-brushed color on paper, Museum Purchase: Hank and Judy Hummelt Fund and Margery Hoffman Smith Fund, © unknown, research required, 87.52
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- Title
Wind from the Sea
- Artist
- Related People
printer: Kimura Kihachi (Japanese, 1934-2014)
- Date
ca. 1985
- Period
Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
- Medium
lithograph and hand-brushed color on paper
- Edition
23/38
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 17 in x 22 3/8 in; sheet: 22 3/8 in x 28 13/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
watermark: ARCHES FRANCE, lower left Language: English
printer's mark: PRINTED BY K. KIMURA, embossed, text surrounding a square letter 'K', lower left Language: English Description: Stamp of printer Kimura Kihachi 木村希八 (Japanese, 1934-2014)
title; signature; edition: WIND FROM THE SEA / Toko Shinoda / 23/38, graphite, lower right Language: English
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Modern Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Hank and Judy Hummelt Fund and Margery Hoffman Smith Fund
- Accession Number
87.52
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Perhaps the most famous woman print artist in Japan, Shinoda combines both printing techniques and calligraphy in her works. In Wind from the Sea, two elements—the dense black mark and the greenish-black band, both slanting down to the right—were created with lithography. Shinoda hand-brushed the light, airy strokes in pale blue, black, and silver that sweep from the lower left to the upper right. Her free, fluid style is based on the tradition of loose "grass script" calligraphy and evokes the motion of wind on water.
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
