Titled “Path in a Grove, ” this monochrome woodcut was posthumously published in 1964 by the esteemed Mikumo Mokuhanga studio and printed by Kurose Isao. It is signed and hand-numbered #162 of 700. Only a handful of woodblock prints were ever designed by Inagaki, who was primarily known as a revolutionary textile designer and kataezome master. His works are held in the permanent collections of major institutions including the Portland Art Museum, where another impression of Path in a Grove is part of the museum’s holdings. This semi-abstract landscape composition depicts a winding path through a densely wooded grove, rendered in stark black against warm ivory washi paper. The stylized trees evoke both traditional Japanese aesthetics and modern design language-an elegant convergence of simplicity and depth. A color version (blue/gold) appears to have been printed later and possibly posthumously; this is the original black & white design. Title: Path in a Grove. Medium: Monochrome woodblock print on paper. Date: 1964 (published posthumously). Edition: Signed and numbered, #162/700. Framed Size: 15.75″ x 19″. Inagaki Toshijiro began as a textile designer and rose to become a nationally recognized artist in Japan. In 1962, he was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property for his mastery of kataezome (stencil dyeing). His work is exhibited in major museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a professor at Kyoto City University of Arts and a close collaborator of potter and fellow National Treasure Tomimoto Kenkichi. Don’t miss the opportunity to own a rare, museum-catalogued print by a master of 20th-century Japanese art.