# Shin-Hanga × Sōsaku-hanga — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=shin-hanga+sosaku-hanga
# Shin-Hanga carries the structure. Sōsaku-hanga appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Shin-Hanga (Style, 1915–1960s) and its accent from Sōsaku-hanga (Style, 1904–1960s). Structural cues: The lyricism of night and rain; Western treatment of light; Precision of the carver-printer system; Landscapes of travel. Accent cues, used sparingly: Coarse lines that keep the marks of the knife; Self drawn, self carved, self printed; Tolerance for distortion and uneven inking; Subjects personal to the artist. Composition: Low horizon, a single light source, the foreground sunk into dark. Type and lettering: Keep lettering out of the image, at the margin or the seal position. Let one material quality come from the second style: Keep the grain of the wood and the cut marks, and do not erase uneven printing.. Mood: Calm, Nostalgia, Luxury, Rebellion, Intimacy, Technology. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Shin-Hanga and Sōsaku-hanga share no intent, so the contrast has to become the subject rather than something to smooth over.
# - Both belong to Japanese Woodblock Prints, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Shin-Hanga: Chasing only the mood of night and rain misses the tonal precision the carver and printer supply, and leaves nostalgia for a motif.
# - Sōsaku-hanga: Roughness itself is not the goal. The substance is the choice of what you take on with your own hands.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/shin-hanga/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/sosaku-hanga/design.md