Kire Print

I love Japanese art and literature. They have some unique concepts which fascinate me and have been influencing my recent work. One is the concept of the cut or 'kire': A distinctive notion in Japanese aesthetic discourse is that of the 'cut' (kire) or, 'cut-continuity' (kire-tsuzuki). The cut appears as a fundamental feature in the distinctively Japanese art of flower arrangement called ikebana. The term means literally 'making flowers live'—a strange name, on first impression at least, for an art that begins by initiating their death. There is an exquisite essay by Nishitani Keiji on this marvelous art, in which organic life is cut off precisely in order to let the true nature of the flower come to the fore. Cutting also appears in the 'cut-syllable' (kireji) in the art of haiku poetry, which cuts off one image from—at the same time as it links it to—the next. There is a famous cut-syllable, ya, at the end of the first line of the best known haiku by Bashō, the most famous haiku poet: Furuike ya Kawazu tobikomu Mizu no oto. Ah, an ancient pond— Suddenly a frog jumps in! The sound of water. — Japanese Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Print:Giclee on Canvas

Size:12 W x 16 H x 1.25 D in

Size with Frame:13.75 W x 17.75 H x 1.25 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.