Clifton Karhu’s 1985 woodblock shows the play of light and shadow on a Gion machiya façade, where latticed windows and angled bamboo skirts (犬矢来) cast geometric patterns across the building. 🏮🌒
- Year & Edition: 1985 · Ed. of 100 (30/100) (titled, editioned & signed in pencil to plate).
- Medium: Woodblock.
- Dimensions: Image W: 25.25 cm × H: 25.25 cm; Sheet W: 32.00 cm × H: 32.00 cm.
- Condition: Clear, unblemished image; faint browning and foxing to margins.
- Notes: This print captures Karhu’s fascination with Gion’s hidden world. The traditional inu-yarai bamboo fences - originally used to protect earthen walls - here serve to conceal patrons within from prying eyes, while the resulting shadows lend the scene its quietly intimate, secretive atmosphere.
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