Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber child playing horn then colored with water-based paints

then colored with water-based paints made of natural pigments on both sides

which appears between the letters U & S

which I am guessing dates from the 1940s or so

whip trailing gracefully through the air

The piece measures 31 1/2” tall x 32 1/2” wide

Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber child playing horn then colored with water-based paintsI believe I am correct in reading this terrific mid century Japanese woodblock print as a portrayal of the strata of the earth. At top, branches of leaves and blossoms gracefully arching above the against the sky and clouds, then neat rows of evergreens delineating the horizon line. Below the earth, first a couple pf bulbs, maybe onions, and then buried deeper in the earth what I imagine is a giant tuber, or Imo perhaps a gorgeous huge sweet potato!