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Shinoda Toko - born 1913      Grand Old Lady of Ink Painting.

Shinoda Toko - born 1913
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Shinoda Toko's brush stroke paintings and prints are famous all over the world. In 1983 the Time Magazine even published an article about her in which her artistic accomplishments were put on the same level as those by Picasso.
Art Works by Shinoda Toko

Helen Hyde - 1868-1919      American Printmaker in Japan.

Helen Hyde - 1868-1919
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The life and artistic career of Helen Hyde had several similarities with famous painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt. But while Mary Cassatt was influenced by 'Japonism' but had never left the American and European continent, Helen Hyde went to Japan and became a 'Japanese' printmaker, long before Elizabeth Keith set her foot on Japan's soil.
Helen Hyde - Biography

Prints by Clifton Karhu - 1927-2007      Successful Woodblock Prints.

Prints by Clifton Karhu - 1927-2007
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Clifton Karhu has been one of the most successful (and most expensive) Japanese printmakers during the second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Japanese printmaker? Not really. He was an American from Duluth, Minnesota. What made his woodblock prints so successful?
Woodblock Prints by Clifton Karhu

Japanese Nude Prints      Female Nudes in Moku Hanga.

Japanese Nude Prints
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In 2008 and 2009 we received a number of woodblock prints of female nudes by Japanese artist Sone Kiyoharu, born 1930. We have little information about the artist and no background information about the series. But the prints are kind of charming, and with more than a dozen designs received so far, we thought a selection of them is worth being published on our web site.
Nude Prints by Sone Kiyoharu, born 1930

Yoshikawa Kanpo - 1894-1979      Actors, Maiko, Kyoto.

Yoshikawa Kanpo - 1894-1979
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Kyoto artist Yoshikawa Kanpo had many interests and talents. Trained in Japanese-style painting, he worked not only as a painter but as a stage designer, writer and printmaker. In the field of printmaking he is known for actor prints, a series of riverbank scenes from Kyoto and Maiko (geisha apprentice from Kyoto) images.
Yoshikawa Kanpo - Biography

Ohno (Ono) Bakufu - 1888-1976      Fish, Landscapes and Nature Prints.

Ohno (Ono) Bakufu - 1888-1976
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Bakufu Ono worked as a successful painter and printmaker during the first half of the twentieth century. He is mostly known for his fish prints, mainly the series 'Dai Nihon Gyorui Gashu'. But he has more to offer than images of fish. He made some fine landscape and nature prints.
Ohno Bakufu - Woodblock Prints

Katsukawa Shunsho - 1726-1792      Individual Actor Portraits.

Katsukawa Shunsho - 1726-1792
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Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792) was the founder of the Katsukawa printmaking school. He specialized on kabuki actor portraits. His great merit was to portray the actors as individuals in a way that they could be recognized by the viewer. Before only stereotypes were shown and the characters could only be recognized by additional text added to the woodblock print.
Katsukawa Shunsho - Biography

July 2009: New Prints by Zhu Rui      Reduction Woodblock Prints.

July 2009: New Prints by Zhu Rui
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July 2009: Mr. Zhu Rui has finished four new designs in reduction woodblock technique. Two new landscapes in large format in the style of designs like 'Dongchuan Impressions' and two smaller formats dealing with a different subject and in nearly abstract composition. It looks like Mr. Zhu Rui is testing new grounds.
New Woodblocks by Zhu Rui

Ray Morimura - born 1948      Woodblock Prints.

Ray Morimura - born 1948
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Ray Morimura, born 1948, began as a painter but later turned to woodblocks as his preferred medium. He is well established as a printmaker with regular solo exhibitions in Japan and the United States. Ray Morimura is a "regular" at the annual, prestigious CWAJ print shows participating more than 20 times by now.
Woodblock Prints by Ray Morimura

Yoshitaki Utagawa - 1841-1899      Osaka School.

Yoshitaki Utagawa - 1841-1899
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Yoshitaki Utagawa (1841-1899) was a leading printmaker of the Osaka School and thus he was focused on scenes from the kabuki theater and actor portraits. Yoshitaki was a prolific artist. His prints are quite interesting for collectors under a number of aspects.
Woodblock Prints by Yoshitaki Utagawa

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