Translucent Front Cover version: ARTIST BOOK [CRY FOR LOVE-WHAT WOMEN FEEL] vol.1

This book contains Misako Oba's 10 encaustic mixed media artworks from the series Truth in Emotion, Beyond Time and Space, inspired by the ancient Japanese poems called Hakunin Isshu (100 poems by 100 poets), the anthology of ca. 7th-13th century Japanese Waka poems.

The part 1 of her series is titled Cry for LOVE - What Women Feel, a collection of desperate love poems by female poets. The English translation and the description are also provided in the book by the artist along the images of each and the original Waka. This is a handbound book by the artist.

Font Cover: Translucent paper
Signed and stamped
Pigment print. Handbound by the artist with a light purple thread.
20 pages + one insertion of the series description in Washi paper.
(In this Translucent Front Cover version, the center spread pages are not smaller yellow paper, but the white paper, which is the same as the rest of the pages in the book.)

182 x 132mm (approx. 7.2 x 5.2 inch)
First edition: October 2020

* Shipping is currently discounted to $8 worldwide. Currently, Free shipping to the address in Japan.

*To view inside the artbook, go to:
[YouTube]: https://youtu.be/p2YPq41ygcY

同名のオリジナル・アート作品シリーズから、恋の歌に関する10首10点を抜き出し、日米で生活する著者の作品の画と、関連する小倉百人一首、英訳を収録したもので、半透明表紙バージョン。古代から現代、国境を超えても共通する普遍的な人間の感情、性（さが）をテーマとしています。

- 2020年10月発行 私家版手作り製本
- サイン、アーティスト印入り
- 182 x 132mm、20ページ+英語解説1枚、半透明表紙

*このアイテムは日本国内、現在無料配送。