Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber Tales from the Igloo and yarn drawings

and yarn drawings

but I think it’s the graphic black lines that really make it

authors Christopher Alexander

like this elephant

The finish to the wood is well worn

Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber Tales from the Igloo and yarn drawingsI believe I am correct in reading this terrific mid century Japanese woodblock print as a portrayal of the strata of the earth. At top, branches of leaves and blossoms gracefully arching above the against the sky and clouds, then neat rows of evergreens delineating the horizon line. Below the earth, first a couple pf bulbs, maybe onions, and then buried deeper in the earth what I imagine is a giant tuber, or Imo perhaps a gorgeous huge sweet potato!