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Joichi Hoshi - 1913-1979      The Tree Man.

Joichi Hoshi - 1913-1979
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Images of trees are a popular and frequent theme of modern Japanese woodblock print. We do not know if Joichi Hoshi was the first Japanese printmaker to pick up this subject. For sure is that he began to specialize in woodblock prints depicting trees in the early 1970s and that it made him famous.
Joichi Hoshi - Biography

Kusaka Kenji - born 1936      Semi-abstract Woodblock Prints.

Kusaka Kenji - born 1936
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The woodblock prints by Kusaka Kenji are in such prestigious museums like the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The British Museum or The Library of Congress in Washington D.C., and the awards he received at international print exhibitions are numerous. Nevertheless, art prints by Kusaka Kenji are seldom to be found on Internet web sites.
Kusaka Kenji - Biography

Prints by Azechi Umetaro - 1902-1999      Mountain Man.

Prints by Azechi Umetaro - 1902-1999
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Azechi Umetaro is well known in Japan as a writer of several books about mountaineering. Internationally he is well-known as one of the leading Japanese artists of post-war Japan. His woodblock prints in bold colors and shapes are appreciated by collectors and art friends all over the world.
Azechi Umetaro - Biographical Data

Prints by Sadao Watanabe - 1913-1996       Story of the Bible.

Prints by Sadao Watanabe - 1913-1996
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The art of Sadao Watanabe is completely devoted to Christian themes from the Bible. As a young man he converted to Christianity. His art prints are a mix of Christian themes and traditional Japanese folk art. And Sadao Watanabe tells the story of the Bible in a Japanese environment with Jesus Christ clad in a kimono, eating sushi instead of bread and drinking sake instead of wine.
Sadao Watanabe - Biographical Data

Mori Yoshitoshi - 1896-1992      Japanese Stencil Prints.

Mori Yoshitoshi - 1896-1992
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In 2003 the College Women's Association of Japan hosted an Associate Show during their annual print exhibition at the Toyko American Club. This Associate Show presented three famous printmakers and long-term participants of the CWAJ exhibitions, namely Azechi Umetaro, Watanabe Sadao and Mori Yoshitoshi.
Mori Yoshitoshi - Biographical Data

Prints by Waichi Hayashi - born 1951      One of the Greatest Contemporary Printmakers.

Prints by Waichi Hayashi - born 1951
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In my view Waichi Hayashi is one of the best contemporary Japanese printmakers. But outside of Japan he is little known. This page is meant to contribute a bit to convincing art friends that Waichi Hayashi is a real "find".
Woodblock Prints by Waichi Hayashi

The Tokugawa Shoguns - 1603-1868      From Ieyasu to Yoshinobu.

The Tokugawa Shoguns - 1603-1868
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Ieyasu Tokugawa was the third and final unifier of Japan. He became the first shogun (leader) of Japan who came from the powerful Tokugawa family clan. Ieyasu moved Japan's capital to Edo (Tokyo) and established the rule of the Tokugawa family until in 1868 Yoshinobu was forced to resign as the last shogun of Japan.
The Lineage of Tokugawa Shoguns

Yoshitsuya Koko - 1822-1866      Pupil of Kuniyoshi.

Yoshitsuya Koko - 1822-1866
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Yoshitsuya Koko was a Japanese printmaker from the late Edo period when an era of political stability, isolation and social opression was in its decline and final stage. Probably under the influence of his teacher, Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Yoshitsuya had specialized in woodblock prints of warriors and events from Japan's history and legends.
Yoshitsuya Koko - Biography

Prints by Mori Yoshitoshi - 1896-1992      Modern Stencil Prints.

Prints by Mori Yoshitoshi - 1896-1992
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Mori Yoshitoshi had worked as a textile designer nearly for his whole life. When he was 57 years old, he began to create art prints. He is one of the very few modern artists who worked in stencil technique. It is a printing method which is also used in textile dyeing.
Stencil Prints by Mori Yoshitoshi

Katsuhira Tokushi - 1904-1971      Farmers Arts Movement.

Katsuhira Tokushi - 1904-1971
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For art friends and collectors with open eyes for beauty and for good old craftsmanship the history of Japanese printmaking in the twentieth century has still a lot of treasures that only wait to be discovered. Artists who are little known, whose prints are hard to find and who are undervalued. Woodblock printmaker Katsuhira Tokushi is in my view such an artist waiting to be discovered by you.
Biography of Katsuhira Tokushi

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