Yoshida Chizuko’s work of the late 1960s and early 1970s incorporates heavily embossed, or raised, patterns on paper that make the composition appear to move or vibrate. Kizashi means “sign [of things to come],” and the embossed area at the center is colored in order to highlight the illusionistic effect. The artist’s daughter explains that this work shows a shell’s view of the sea, a place that was special for her mother, as she grew up close to the seaside and went beachcombing.
