Plants & insects
By: woodcuts by Roberta Danley ; with selections from Spring snow by Yukio Mishima, translated by Michael Gallagher
Contributors: Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970; Gallagher, Michael; Firefly Press
Publisher: Firefly Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Somerville, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Illustrations; Nature in art; Wood-engraving, American
Other titles: Plants and insects.
Description: "In Spring Snow, Mishima was lamenting the change in Japan's love of nature as part of its cultural identity.... Upon re-reading it, I remembered the passages selected for Plants and Insects. The words under the prints are from these passages and act as titles. The book is my homage to the fine graphic arts of the Edo period. The covers are soft for this reason, the images large for the page, and the style of the wrap-around binding prevalent. I used every type of woodcutting technique available, including a power tool. Colored mica is still available and included on some images. Because each print is hand colored, they are not the same. To add to this playfulness, I took a graphite stick and rubbed the woodblock on the verso pages to produce a reversal of the print [on facing pages]. These rubbings are very close to drawings"--Artist's statement on signed sheet, laid in.
Notes: Edition limited to 10 numbered sets.

Printed on unopened double leaves; Japanese sewn into rice paper with embedded leaves; both volumes issued together in a green cloth portfolio.