About This Print
I don't know if anyone had done a count of Maki "poem" prints, but they must number in the hundreds. It is thought they all may be a tribute to his teacher, the abstract print master Onchi Kōshirō (1891-1955) who used "poem" as a title for a number of his prints and was often inspired by poetry.
As with all Maki's wood/cement block prints, we see deep embossing for the image areas.
仁 benevolence - Maki presents us with the Chinese character for ren, the Confucian concept of benevolence.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1718 |
| Title | Poem 71-5 (仁) |
| Artist | Maki Haku (1924-2000) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal |  巻 Maki (stylized "curlicue") |
| Publication Date | 1971 |
| Publisher | self-published (49/151) |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku-hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | chuban |
| H x W Paper | 8 1/2 x 5 13/16 in. (21.6 x 14.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 6 5/8 x 4 11/16 in. (16.8 x 11.9 cm) |
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