New Year Print for 2010


I cribbed the design for the 2020 print from a design album by Hakamada Sekka published in the early 20th century. I say 'cribbed', but that is not said with any sense of contrition - albums of that type were published for the use of designers, artisans, and craftsmen in any field, specifically as sources of inspiration for their own work.

The entire album is online over in the Mokuhankan Collection, and this is the particular page from which I took this image.