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Kiyoshi Kobayakawa - 1897-1948      Modern Japanese Beauties.

Kiyoshi Kobayakawa - 1897-1948
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Kiyoshi Kobayakawa was a contemporary of shin hanga artists like Hasui Kawase or Ito Shinsui. He specialized in prints of beautiful women. Thus he followed the tradition of the 'bijin' genre of the 18th and 19th century on one hand. But his images are a break with tradition by showing a new type of modern women who are dressed after the latest Western fashion, smoke and drink alcohol.
Kiyoshi Kobayakawa - Biography

Kunisada Prints      Kunisada Utagawa 1786-1865.

Kunisada Prints
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Kunisada Utagawa was one of the prolific masters of ukiyo-e in the nineteenth century. His output is estimated at roughly 20,000 designs of woodblock prints showing kabuki actors, beautiful women, sumo wrestlers, erotic pictures and more. How was this possible? This article tries to shed some light on Kunisada's prints.
Prints by Kunisada Utagawa

Fumio Fujita - born 1933      Friday, September 18, 2009

Fumio Fujita - born 1933
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Fumio Fujita is a major artist of Japanese post-war woodblock printmaking. During more recent years his reputation has suffered in my view by stereotype, repetitive images of white-bark trees. This may have built a wrong image of the artist. In reality his works are quite diverse and full of creativity.
Fumio Fujita - Biography

Japanese Tattoo Pictures      From Original Japanese Woodblock Prints.

Japanese Tattoo Pictures
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This page shows several Japanese woodblock prints from the Edo period (1604-1868), the Meiji period (1868-1912) and by a contemporary woodblock printmaker with some nice tattoos. The tattoos are displayed in over-sized enlargements for friends of Japanese tattoos.
Pictures of Japanese Tattoos

Yuichiro Kato - born 1926      Mesmerizing Impressions from Kyoto.

Yuichiro Kato - born 1926
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You see art prints by Yuichiro Kato for the first time and you are amazed. You see mesmerizing images that your soul attributes to some kind of romantic Japan. The pictures look like alienated photographs. And some other images remind you of nearly abstract color compositions. This article introduces the artist behind these awesome art prints and lets you know a few of his technical "secrets".
Silkscreen Prints by Yuichiro Kato

Fish Prints by Kunio Kaneko      Relax for your Soul.

Fish Prints by Kunio Kaneko
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Japanese people like fish - on their plates as well as on their walls as images of fine art. Contemporary Japanese printmaker Kunio Kaneko, born 1949, self-published a number of beautiful woodblock prints with fish images.
Fish Prints by Kunio Keneko born 1949

Kunisada I Signatures      Kunisada Utagawa 1786-1865.

Kunisada I Signatures
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Kunisada Utagawa (1786-1865) was a prolific and leading ukiyo-e artist of the first half of the 19th century - the late Edo period. As most of the Japanese print artists of the Edo period. He used a confusing number of names and signatures. This illustrated page tries to give a little bit of help.
Signatures used by Kunisada Utagawa I

Tadashige Nishida - born 1942      Woodblock Prints of Cats and Trees.

Tadashige Nishida - born 1942
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If you like cats, you will also like Tadashige Nishida woodblock prints. The artist has specialized in making woodblock prints of cats in all positions and colors. But also other popular subjects of contemporary Japanese printmaking are to be found - like tree prints or the ever-glowing Mount Fuji.
Biography of Tadashige Nishida

Mitsuaki Sora - born 1933      Woodblock Prints by a Sculptor.

Mitsuaki Sora - born 1933
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Mitsumi Sora is primarily a sculptor. Making woodblock prints is more of a part-time hobby for the artist. His puzzle-like round shapes remind us of the sculptures created by Mitsuaki Sora. For print and art collectors there are in my view only two approaches. Either you like these abstract shapes or you don't.
Mitsuaki Sora - Biography

Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima      Popular Kyoto Artist.

Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima
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In August of 2009 we received a new consignment of all hand-made woodblock prints by Japanese printmaker Katsuyuki Nishijima. Among them were many new (or old) designs that we had never seen before. With this page we want to share some of the new designs with you.
New Woodblock Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima

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