Saturday, February 25, 2023

Day 3844: Ugisu.

"Mixed Signals": junk mail collage, digital.


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The Japanese Bush Warbler, or uguisu, has such a lovely call that it's birdcall (hohokekyo) has become commonplace in Japan. The Warbler's call is known to signal the arrival of Spring and begins in mid-February in Southern Japan but won't be heard in the North until the end of April.



"Plum Warbler" (1940) by Koitsu Tsuchiya

The woodblock prints of Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949) are notable for their dramatic use of light and shadow. He didn't become successful until around the 1930s when 
a chance encounter with the shin-hanga movement led Tsuchiya to begin producing landscape prints in the shin-hanga style. 
He went on to design various prints for publishers in Tokyo



 
 
A cute 3-minute video, Ottershere.

 
Just because ...
 
Broadbill

 
 


Smiles for Saturday ...
 
 



 

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6 comments:

elenor said...

What a wonderful collage, Jacki! Do the red letters and numbers make it so dramatic? Anyway, I love it!
Have a lovely Sunday!

john said...

This is a great composition. The red leads me across the piece. :-0

jacki long said...

Thank you, Elenor. Have a great weekend.

jacki long said...

Thanks John, this was a lucky quickie! ;o)

john said...

There is heat or warmth radiating from this piece, Jacki. Lovely! :-)

jacki long said...

Thanks again, John, you are so kind.