Ltd Edition Japanese Print--Lamp 84-6, Norinaka Suzuki, 1984

Artist: Norinaka Suzuki (鈴木則中)
Title: Ranpu (Lamp)
Medium: Woodblock print
Year: 1984
Edition: 5/10
Image size: approx. 22 × 14 cm (estimate based on prior Suzuki examples—adjust if needed)
Paper size: approx. 30 × 21 cm (estimate—adjust to your standard Suzuki sheet size)
Condition: Very good
Signed: Pencil signed, titled, dated, and numbered by the artist
Notes: A vivid small-edition woodblock print by Norinaka Suzuki depicting an antique oil lamp rendered in bold, layered color and stylized pattern. Combining graphic clarity with decorative rhythm, Suzuki transforms an everyday object into a luminous formal study of shape, surface, and space. The print reflects the artist’s distinctive postwar sōsaku hanga sensibility, balancing precision with playful color relationships.

Printed in an edition of only ten impressions, this work shows Suzuki’s gift for merging decorative design with strong formal structure. The result feels at once nostalgic and modern — a playful yet disciplined example of late 20th-century Japanese creative printmaking.