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- 20 Nakao Yoshitaka, 1911- , (medium: woodblock), studied printmaking techniques by himself. His simple stylized prints have won many awards. He likes to experiment with unusual designs and specializes in powerful single figures, giving special attention to textures.
(a) Girl, 1959, 52 x 32 cm, aggv
(b) Washing Hair, 1961,79 x 48.5 cm, aggv
21 Tanaka Ryohei, 1933- , (medium: etching), is noted for his realistic etchings of thatched-roof farmhouses and trees. The colours in his prints are sombre and the subject usually has a quiet loneliness.
Snow Coming, 1973, 29 x 29 cm, aggv
22 Saito Shinichi, 1922- , (medium: lithograph), studied and accompanied blind female singers, known as Goze, from village to village. These women would form groups and wander around the countryside playing music for money. Saito�s prints beautifully capture the human suffering and sorrow of these women.
Lonely Goze, 1972, 39.5 x 30.3 cm, Gift of the Artist via Dr. Mori Toru, aggv
23 Kawanishi Hide, 1894-1965 (medium: woodblock), liked bright colours, but because his patterns were so strong and without outlines, he was able to blend the colours without being gaudy. He was heavily influenced by Lautrec, van Gogh and Gauguin.
Iris Season, 1963, 48.5 x 33 cm, aggv
24 Mabuchi Toru, 1920- , (medium: woodblock), makes his prints by pasting fragments of wood on a flat surface until a mosaic effect has been created. He likes to print in subdued colours.
(a) School In the Village, n.d., 54.5 x 75 cm, aggv
(b) White Birch Road, 1960, 60 x 40 cm, aggv
(c) Pottery and Hanlwa Figure, 1960, 40 x 60 cm, aggv
25 Hashimoto Okiie, 1899- , (medium: woodblock), originally a watercolour painter, is most noted for his prints of castles. He is very fond of architectural subjects, but also makes prints of women.
(a) Okayama Castle, n.d., 27 x 36 cm, aggv
(b) Nlshl No Maru (Himeji-Jo), 1958, 38.5 x 54.5 cm, aggv
26 Kitaoka Fumio, 1918- , (medium: woodblock), studied printmaking with Hiratsuka Unichi. Despite his use of international styles, he is very concerned with maintaining a Japanese identity in his prints.
Ships at Rest, 1952, 63.5 x 83 cm, aggv
27 Sekine Yoshio, 1922- , (medium: silkscreen), is very fond of making prints of the abacus, which has been the everyday calculator in the Far East for more than a millennium. The simple theme and the variations of shiny and dull inks are what makes his prints so impressive.
305 - S, 1973, 46 x 33.2 cm, aggv
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