Kazuyuki Ohtsu: Cherry Trees Boxed Notecards

$18.95 at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Kazuyuki Ohtsu is one of the foremost woodblock artists of the sōsaku hanga movement. Sōsaku hanga artists handle every step of the production of prints themselves. They paint the original pictures, carve the woodblocks, and print the images. The four prints in this collection capture the beauty of cherry trees, their spring blossoms rich in symbolism, with their brief lifespan and fragile beauty often serving as a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life. Ohtsu’s colors are elemental, deep, and…