Tag: cherry blossoms
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Quick Print: Cherry Blossoms and Pigeon by Nichimura Hodō (1937)
Nishimura Hodō, Cherry Blossoms and Pigeon, 1937, woodblock print, 14 7/16 × 9 3/8 in., LACMA. Pigeons are funky little creatures. Doesn’t this dove look so vividly spectacular? This elegant dove by N. Hodo seems so life-like in composition. Deep blue-grays transition into subtle earth over the dove’s ornithological frame, a hefty sense of contrast…