Ikki Mitsuhashi
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Tropical Garden B · 33 works in the first exhibition

The Collection

Limited-edition prints of Japanese fine-art photography by Ikki Mitsuhashi (三橋一樹): tropical still lifes from Tropical Garden, begun in Ubud, Bali in 2003 and made in Bali and in his studio in Japan. Each is an archival pigment print on cotton paper, numbered and certified, and shipped worldwide from Tokyo. Three pieces — When the Flower Bows, The Source of Life and Leaning Together — carry the artist's own finalised titles and texts. The rest carry working titles proposed by the studio for his review, and each says so on its own page.

Pink tulips bowing their heads in a rounded, half-translucent frosted glass vase against a pale grey wall

TR-29 · Colour

When the Flower Bows

Perhaps no life blooms in fair weather alone.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

from ¥27,000

Three large glossy leaves and a single green fruit on a terracotta block, lit from the side, casting a soft shadow on a warm wall

TR-10 · Colour

The Source of Life

The eye is caught at first glance.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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Two pink-and-cream anemones with dark centres in a tall square glass vase on a dark tabletop against a cream wall

TR-31 · Colour

Leaning Together

Leaning together.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

from ¥27,000

A cluster of green papayas crowning a plain white column, a few leaves opening above them, against a pale green wall

TR-03 · Colour

Gathering

Gathered, and held.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

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A single glossy leaf resting against the lip of a softly misshapen green frosted-glass bottle, against a cream wall

TR-05 · Colour

One Leaf

One leaf is enough.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

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An agave rosette fanning out from a pale square column with a single small white flower at its centre, against a pale yellow wall

TR-06 · Colour

A Single Star

One star, at the centre.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

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Three broad dark leaves opening from a low centre with a single green fruit resting among them, against a pale cream ground

TR-17 · Colour

What the Leaves Keep

The fruit sits low; the leaves close around it.

Artist's edition · XL no. 3 of 50

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A broad lotus leaf held up on a tall white ceramic cylinder like a parasol, against a cream wall

TR-07 · Colour

Parasol

Shade, held up on a single stem.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

from ¥27,000

A pink banana flower opening above a single heart-shaped dark green leaf in a white cylinder, young fruit already forming beneath the bloom, against a cream wall

TR-11 · Colour

The Banana Flower

A life bears fruit while it is still in bloom.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

from ¥27,000

Two anemones in a tall square glass vase, photographed in black and white

TR-36 · Monochrome

Leaning Together, Monochrome

The same closeness, in silver.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

from ¥27,000

A jackfruit standing on its end with a plumeria branch and two white flowers rising from it, in black and white

TR-39 · Monochrome

Weight and Bloom

What is heavy still flowers.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

from ¥27,000

White tulips resting on the shoulder of a frosted glass sphere, in black and white

TR-40 · Monochrome

Resting

Tulips at rest on a sphere of light.

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

from ¥27,000

Violet tradescantia blooms floating around a celadon-glazed vessel against a pale wall

TR-33 · Colour

Tradescantia & Celadon

Small blue, floating.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

from ¥27,000

A dark lotus bud with a tiny white star-shaped flower, leaning from a tall grey stoneware vessel, in black and white

TR-38 · Monochrome

Bud & Stoneware

A bud, leaning out of the grey.

Artist's edition · XL no. 3 of 30

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Large glossy fig leaves with two round fruits at their base against a pale yellow wall

TR-24 · Colour

Foliage, Colour

Leaves, in their own green.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

from ¥27,000

The same fig foliage photographed as a monochrome study

TR-35 · Monochrome

Foliage, Monochrome

The same leaves, by light alone.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 50

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Two lotus leaves on one stem, one open like a dish above the other, against a white wall

TR-02 · Colour

Two Lotus Leaves

Two leaves, one stem, one silence.

Artist's edition · M no. 5 of 80

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Magenta calla lilies resting on the shoulder of a large frosted white glass sphere against a pale wall

TR-26 · Colour

On the Sphere

Deep colour resting on white.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

from ¥27,000

A bunch of green coconuts with bare branching stems on a tall grey column against a pale blue wall

TR-09 · Colour

Held Aloft

Weight, carried lightly.

Artist's edition · M no. 2 of 80

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A single broad dark green leaf standing upright with a pink-and-white shell ginger flower spike resting along its upper edge, against a pale olive ground

TR-14 · Colour

Along the Leaf

One leaf, and what it carries.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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A tall pale stoneware column topped by a green bud with two red-veined croton leaves spreading to either side, against a cream wall

TR-19 · Colour

The Small Figure

A bud above, two leaves out to the sides.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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A tall dark green spathe rising like a spire from a broad sand-coloured stoneware form, ringed at the join by small white flowers, against a warm grey wall

TR-21 · Colour

The Spire

Small flowers at the join.

Artist's edition · XL no. 2 of 50

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Six cream anthuriums with crimson throats in a tall white vase, black looping stems drawing arcs around them, against a pale grey wall

TR-27 · Colour

Written in the Air

Black lines drawn around white flowers.

Artist's edition · XL no. 2 of 50

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A large green mango standing on its end, three flame-red peacock flowers with long stamens rising from it on thin stems, against a pale green-grey wall

TR-18 · Colour

Mango and Flame

Brightness needs something steady to rise from.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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Five large dark tropical leaves filling the frame, a single small white star-shaped flower opening at their centre

TR-12 · Colour

The Small Light

A small light is enough to find the way.

Artist's edition · XL no. 2 of 50

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Two kalanchoe (mother of thousands) leaves edged with tiny plantlets rising like wings from a tall block wrapped in banana leaf, against a pale cream wall

TR-22 · Colour

Mother of Thousands

Every edge carries a small beginning.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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A heart-shaped elephant-ear leaf held up before a bent green frosted-glass bottle, a pale closed bud rising above it, against a pale grey-white wall

TR-04 · Colour

The Heart Leaf

A crooked stem can still hold a heart up.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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Four rust-orange calla lilies on thin stems turning in different directions above a pale celadon frosted-glass vase, against a pale mint wall

TR-28 · Colour

Four Voices

Facing different ways, sharing one vase.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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Five deep plum calla lilies on long arching stems floating above a tall white frosted-glass vase, against a pale grey wall

TR-37 · Colour

The Dance

Lightness is its own kind of strength.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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A green papaya standing on its end, a long slender stem rising from it to a large lace-edged papaya leaf, against a pale cream wall

TR-13 · Colour

From the Fruit

In time, the fruit holds up the tree.

Artist's edition · XL no. 2 of 50

from ¥27,000

A star of long dark green leaves fanning from a tall terracotta block, a single small purple bud at their centre, against a white wall

TR-08 · Colour

The Crown

What crowns us is what surrounds us.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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A single ridged, thorned green cactus stem curving upward through the frame, three small coral-red flowers opening along it, against a pale cream wall

TR-15 · Colour

The Climb

The flowers are along the way, not only at the top.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

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Long dark green blades sweeping out from the base like brushstrokes, fine threads rising above them each tipped with a small red mark, against a pale grey-green wall

TR-20 · Colour

Brushstrokes

Every gesture is signed somewhere.

Artist's edition · M no. 1 of 80

from ¥27,000