Subjects from the Noh Theater

by Tsukioka Kogyo
Tsukioka Kogyo has a firm 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.

Kabuki Prints

by Tadamasa Ueno
Tadamasa Ueno specialized on Kabuki prints designed in a modern yet classical way. In today's ukiyo-e market his prints are undervalued for no understandable reason. Collectors who have the courage to go against fancy trends will get a lot of good print for little money.

Japanese American Artist

by Chiura Obata
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.

Mesmerizing Flowers

by Kazutoshi Sugiura
The works of Japanese artists Kazutoshi Sugiura are unique in Japanese art history. His pictures are gems of noble beauty and treasure, as seen in the gold-grounded dreamlike floridity. Despite his concentration on a single motif, flower still lifes, he has earned himself an international reputation for his art.

Yoshiaki Kita

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.

Shigera Tanaguchi

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.

Hiroto Norikane

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.