{"product_id":"nana-shiomi-mitate-4-old-pine","title":"Nana Shiomi: 見立て百景 (その4)「老松」 (One Hundred Views of Mitate No.4: Old Pine (Oi-matsu))","description":"\u003ch6\u003eContemporary Woodblock Print\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fabulous print by Nana Shiomi: 見立て百景 (その4)「老松」 (One Hundred Views of Mitate No.4: Old Pine (Oimatsu)). A gnarled old pine dominates the composition, its carefully shaped, almost bonsai-like form set against Shiomi’s deep earthen-red sky and sharply receding ochre ground. The twisted trunk and layered green foliage give the tree a strong, sculptural presence.\u003c\/em\u003e 🌲\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYear \u0026amp; Edition: 1998 · Artist Proof (A.P.) (signed, titled \u0026amp; inscribed in pencil).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries: 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate) · No.4.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: Woodblock.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: Sheet H: 46.00 cm × W: 46.00 cm (Image H: 34.00 cm × W: 34.00 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Mint. Well stored over the years.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes: 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate) is Nana Shiomi’s series of one hundred woodblock prints, begun in 1998 and completed in 2016. Shiomi presents familiar objects, motifs and symbols within a distinctive visual world of earthen reds, yellow ochres and sharply receding perspective. Mitate (見立て) centres on seeing something familiar in a new way, and here Shiomi isolates the old pine - a long-established symbol of longevity, endurance and resilience in Japanese culture - within her constructed pictorial space. Its carefully shaped, organic form contrasts with the ordered perspective grid beneath it, giving the tree an almost object-like presence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNana Shiomi (b. 1956, Osaka) is a Japanese printmaker best known for her 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate) series. Trained at Tama Art University and the Royal College of Art, Shiomi combines traditional Japanese woodblock methods with a contemporary approach to familiar cultural motifs, exploring ideas of reflection, reversal and mitate - seeing one thing through another. Her work is held by the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum and British Museum, and in 2025 she was awarded Life Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in recognition of her contribution to printmaking. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kumoarts.com\/collections\/nana-shiomi\"\u003e[ ← View All Works by Nana Shiomi]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumo Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58039266902360,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/6745\/8648\/files\/NanaShiomi-Mitate-4-OldPineThmb.jpg?v=1787239286","url":"https:\/\/www.kumoarts.com\/products\/nana-shiomi-mitate-4-old-pine","provider":"Kumo Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}