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From her Momochidori Series, Grosbeak is one of five works made in response to the prints and poems found in master Japanese woodblock printer Kitagawa Utamaro’s illustrated anthology, Momo Chidori Kyōka-awase (Myriad Birds: A Playful Poetry Contest) from the Edo-period (1615-1868). Combining elements reminiscent of traditional Japanese printmaking, like flat color and intricate line-work, with delicate washes of blue and red.Label Type
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Yoko Nogami
Grosbeak, 2014
Monoprint on Arches with acrylic and Chiyo paper collage
28 ½ x 20 ½ in.
Gift of the HCC Dale Mabry Campus Student Government Association, 2015.2.1
From her Momochidori Series, Grosbeak is one of five works made in response to the prints and poems found in master Japanese woodblock printer Kitagawa Utamaro’s illustrated anthology, Momo Chidori Kyōka-awase (Myriad Birds: A Playful Poetry Contest) from the Edo-period (1615-1868). Combining elements reminiscent of traditional Japanese printmaking, like flat color and intricate linework, with delicate washes of blue and red, Nogami re-interprets a poem by Akera Kankô:
"Irazaru kuchi no
mamemawashi
tsui saezurite
na ya morasuramu”
"My love affair is secret,
but the 'bean-turner' bird,
with it's big mouth
no doubt spilled the beans
and squealed her name.”