Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber antique darning egg signed Siku

signed Siku

but it definitely has some years on it

This old guy is about as tender as they come

I love old wooden spinning tops just as a form

Mid-Century Japanese Woodblock Print with Trees, Bulbs, and Giant Tuber antique darning egg signed SikuI 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!