Little Tokyo – Water-Color Accented Linocut Print

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"Little Tokyo" - Linocut Relief Print by Artist Leslie Deil showing a shopping area with pedestrians and hanging lanterns in the Little Tokyo nieghborhood of Los Angeles, California. Piece was printed on a printing press then the lanterns were water-colored by hand.
TITLELittle Tokyo
YEAR2025
MEDIUMLinocut relief print, black ink on white paper with Hand water-colored accents
ORIENTATIONVertical
HEIGHT14 inches / 36 cm
WIDTH11 inches / 28 cm
AVAILABILITYIn my Etsy shop

Back in the Fall on 2019, I traveled with my family to Los Angeles for my cousin’s wedding. His wife grew up in Japan. The two of them married in the Buddhist Temple in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Since we were in Little Tokyo, we wandered around sampling the foods and shops. We took our time soaked in the ambiance of area. The outdoor decor felt both Japanese inspired, yet specific to California. Printmaking has a long tradition in Japan with woodblocks. This linocut pays tribute to printmaking tradition, Los Angeles, and Japanese culture.

"Little Tokyo" - Linocut Relief Print by Artist Leslie Deil showing a shopping area with pedestrians and hanging lanterns in the Little Tokyo nieghborhood of Los Angeles, California. Piece was printed on a printing press then the lanterns were water-colored by hand.
“Little Tokyo” by Artist Leslie Deil displayed in a mat
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