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Christmas Card Prints by Tomoo Inagaki      Provenance: Yoseido Gallery.

Christmas Card Prints by Tomoo Inagaki
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In 2007 we received a consignment of original woodblock prints by Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980) in small sizes with cat subjects. These prints had been commissioned by the renowned Yoseido Gallery in Tokyo as an attachment for Christmas cards that they sent to their clients and friends each year.
Tomoo Inagaki and Yoseido Gallery

Haku Maki - 1924-2000      Kanji Characters and more.

Haku Maki - 1924-2000
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Haku Maki, 1924-2000, became famous by using old Chinese and Japanese kanji characters and refining them into abstract compositions of archaic look. Later the artist chose persimmons and ceramics as his favorite subjects. Haku Maki's prints are in high demand by collectors worldwide - mainly from the U.S.A.
Haki Maki

Hiroto Norikane - born 1949      Etchings and Mixed Media.

Hiroto Norikane - born 1949
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Mr. Hiroto Norikane was born in 1949 in Hiroshima prefecture. He graduated from Sokei Academy of Fine Arts, and had studied under Yoshida Hodaka and Kato Kiyomi. The artist works in a mixed media technique of etching and mezzotint. The motifs chosen for his art prints are taken from rural Japan and from the Japanese tradition.
Hiroto Norikane

Shigera Tanaguchi      Collected by Moma

Shigera Tanaguchi
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Shigera Tanaguchi was born three years after the end of the great Pacific war. He is from a generation of modern Japanese artists who combine old an new, oriental and western art elements. The art works by Shigera Tanaguchi have received worldwide recognition. They are to be found in such important museums like the Moma (Museum of Modern Art) in New York, the Cincinnati Museum of Modern Art or the Osaka Museum of International Art.
Shigera Tanaguchi

Yoshiaki Kita      Silkscreens

Yoshiaki Kita
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Yoshiaki Kita was born in Ishikawa prefecture in Japan in 1956. In 1979 he moved to France. Like many artists of post-war Japan, Yoshiaki Kita uses Western printmaking techniques. Silkscreen is among the favorite ones of the post-war generation of Japanese artists. And like many of the Japanese artists born in the middle of the 20th century, he combines in his art works Western and Japanese elements.
Yoshiaki Kita

Ikegami Souho      Thursday, June 14, 2007

Ikegami Souho
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Ikegami Souho's silkscreen prints are popular in Japan. The seemingly simple but intricate compositions are created in the modern printmaking technique of silkscreens. In spite of their modern appeal they follow the Japanese painting tradition. The artist's images are reduced to the essential. Ikegami Souhu shows a butterfly or a bird made in origami (paperfolding) tradition. Less is more. The colors that he uses are usually strong. His images have a touch of modern pop-art. No wonder - he has worked in the advertising and print media industry for many years.
Ikegami Souho

Chiura Obata -1885-1975      Japanese American Artist

Chiura Obata -1885-1975
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After 1945 quite a few Japanese artists settled permanently in the United States like Masami Teraoka or Tadashi Asoma. Chiura Obata was the first to live and work in the US. It was not always easy for him. When Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals from the West coast were put into detention camps in 1942, he was among them.
Chiura Obata - Biography

Seiho Takeuchi      Monday, August 12, 2002

Seiho Takeuchi
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Seiho Takeuchi was trained in traditional Japanese Shijo painting. Soon he developed his own style. And after he had been in Europe for two years, his style had become even more messy seen from the eyes of a strict Shijo painter. Takeuchi became famous as a distinctively Western style painter.
Seiho Takeuchi

Tsukioka Kogyo - 1869-1927      Subjects from the Noh Theater.

Tsukioka Kogyo - 1869-1927
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Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927) has an uncontested place in the hall of fame of Japanese woodblock print artists. Even new collectors can recognize a typical Kogyo print easily. His style is distinctive and so are his subjects - Noh plays.
Tsukioka Kogyo - Biography

Tomoo Inagaki - 1902-1980      Cat Prints and More.

Tomoo Inagaki - 1902-1980
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Tomoo Inagaki, 1902-1980, is an important Sosaku Hanga artist. After World War II he found an nice little market niche. He specialized in cat prints in modern design. .
Tomoo Inagaki - Biography

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