Hiyodori and Nanten, by Nakayama Sugaku

You can't tell from looking at it, but this print is actually just a postcard-size section trimmed from a full o-ban print. I suppose I could have tried to show off and do the whole thing at this reduced size, but the bird would be so small there wouldn't have been much point ...

Blocks: 8 cherrywood
Printing impressions: 9

• Key block
• Background blue tone
• Grey touch here and there
• Very pale yellow on bird body
• Red undercoat on berries
• Darker red on berries
• Base blue on leaves (as per original)
• Blue grey over leaves
• Touch of black on bird feet, etc.