Print #16 : Technical Notes


I'm not exactly sure what kind of bird this is supposed to represent. The Meiji-era print that I worked from had some vague green colour kind of smeared over the breast, but I really didn't like that very much, so I took a free hand and changed it to the tone you see here. I certainly didn't refer to any reference books or bird identification illustrations ... it is completely imaginary. So I suppose it's quite possible I'll get emails suggesting that this yellow/brown tone is not realistic for 'such-and-such' a bird ...

Blocks: 10 cherrywood
Printing impressions: 11