Contemporary Woodblock Print
A fabulous print by Junko Hanahara depicting the close, animated space of a neighbourhood izakaya 🍺🏮. Behind the counter, two cooks prepare dishes and pour drinks while customers lean forward, talking and laughing between themselves. One reaches for a skewer, another raises a cup mid-conversation - the kind of casual rhythm that builds between regulars at the end of the day. Handwritten signs on the wall, including ええビールあります (Good beer available) and ラムネあります (Ramune available), anchor the scene firmly in Osaka’s everyday life.
- Year & Edition: 2021. Edition of 15. (signed, titled, & editioned in pencil).
- Medium: Woodblock.
- Dimensions: Sheet H 44.50 cm x W 32.00 cm. Image H 36.50 cm x W 26.00 cm.
- Condition: Direct from the artist’s studio.
- Notes: A vivid scene of shared routine and conversation - cooks busy behind the counter, customers mid-meal, and friends talking over a drink. A beautiful example of Hanahara’s focus on small, social moments in contemporary Osaka. A wonderful print to linger over, with lively characters, small expressions, and details that reveal themselves little by little.
