井田照一 Ida Shōichi (1941–2006) Conception 1974 Five-color offset print on paper, using aluminum and zinc plates Lent by Irwin Lavenberg, L2018.62.8 Hanga Geijutsu is Japan’s foremost magazine dedicated to the art of printmaking. Since 1974, each issue has featured a specially commissioned original print. This print by Ida appeared in Volume 7, the Autumn issue for 1974. It is part of a series of prints and a multimedia installation of the same year in which he explored the theme of “conception.”