Japanese Ogi or Fan-Form Woodblock Print by Seiho: Tiger Lily

One red lily, one bud waiting its turn, and a great deal of open sky.

This ogi, or fan-form woodblock print, Tiger Lily, is by Seiho, from Japan, ca. 1900, in ink on paper. Ogi prints take the arched shape of a folding fan leaf, a format Japanese artists long used for painting and printmaking alike. A single tiger lily opens at the upper center, its red petals flecked with dark spots, with a long closed bud reaching off to the right. Narrow green leaves fan out below. A short vertical signature and a square seal sit at the right on warm, toned paper. It is 14.6 inches wide and 4.5 high.

Spare enough to cool a room on its own.