Blossom of Pain

Woodcut in pale rose and pale blue with oil and gouache in black, red, yellow, blue, and green on heavy off-white wove paper washed with brown watercolor to make it a tan shade

Woodcut in printed in pale green, black, dark red, and light and dark orange inks on Japanese paper

Woodcut printed in black ink on tan wove paper, cut to the image of two heads and laid down on gray-brown cardboard, colored overall with black and red watercolor and gouache, with gold paint in the woman's hair

Woodcut printed in red and three different colors of green ink on tan wove paper

Color woodcut with paper overlays printed in black, turquoise, yellow, and red inks, with added orange watercolor on the man's head, on cream wove paper discolored to tan

Woodcut in black and grayish blue inks on off-white Japanese paper

Woodcut printed in black, dark blue, brown and green ink, with added green crayon to fill in the missing portion of the green block, on cream Japanese paper

Woodcut with gouges printed on Japan paper

Woodcut from two blocks printed in black and greenish gray, handcolored in pale orange, on Japanese paper

Woodcut with gouges printed in red ink on Japan paper

Woodcut printed in turquoise-green and pale and dark orange inks on off-white wove paper

Woodcut with gouges and fretsaw printed in black, reddish-orange, blue, and gray inks on thin Japanese paper mounted on a tan wove sheet, the mount's edges tinted to match the woman's face