Tiger Abstract -Handmade Limited Edition Woodblock Print, 1980

Artist: Saburo Takahashi
Title: Tiger Mask
Medium: Woodblock print
Year: 1986
Edition: Not stated
Image size: approx. 15 × 10 cm
Paper size: approx. 15 × 10 cm
Condition: Very good; light toning and minor wear consistent with age
Signed: Seal or signature not visible in this image
Notes: A powerful New Year woodblock by Saburo Takahashi for the Year of the Tiger (1986). Rather than depicting the animal directly, Takahashi abstracts the tiger into a dense, mask-like composition of stripes, eyes, and radiating carved forms. The resulting image feels both playful and protective, evoking folk talismans and guardian imagery while retaining the artist’s bold modernist graphic language. A striking example of Takahashi’s ability to merge zodiac tradition with expressive abstraction.