September 9, 2010
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Strange Parameters
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Yoshitaka Nakao (born 1911), Evening Shower, 1971
"He was a mostly self-taught printmaker, although he did some work with Azechi Umetaro" (also featured below)
Takei Takeo, Circus Tightrope Walkers, 1952
also see: Takei Takeo Lab of Ornithology and Children's Day in Japan, 1936
Asaji Kobayashi (1898-1939) - Kobayashi Exhibition Poster
Another nice one
Masao Ikeda, Death in Paradise, 1965 (lithography)
Found in The Contemporary Artist in Japan
Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 1890
Featured once before (bug-eyed earth spider, scroll down)
Recommended viewing if you like this style: one of the all-time most popular posts on this blog: The Strange Visions of Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Doll in Court Dress (Gosho Doll)
A surprising (to me) work by an artist known for the nighttime townscapes as seen in this post.
Koson Ohara 1877-1945 - Dancing Fox
Nagase Yoshiro, Nodachi Kannon, not dated
A google search reveals that I once featured him. This bio mentions his involvement with an avant-garde magazine named Kamen -- I will definitely investigate.
Fumio Fujita born 1933 - Flying - E
Fumio Fujita born 1933 - Inside a Cage - A
Fumio Fujita born 1933 - Mask - A
Shinjiro Okamoto, One Indian...1964
Found in The Contemporary Artist in Japan
There isn't much online about this artist, though see x and y, and this exhibition description. The Met holds his portfolio "Betty Boop's Country" (unfortunately with no images).
Umetaro Azechi, Mountaineer, 1956
I featured this artist once before, in the post A European Hillbilly and Bats Blaming Each Other. Since that time I picked up a huge Japanese book collecting his work -- a prized possession. I wonder if these are from a series -- "Mountaineer," "Grieving Mountaineer," "Mountaineer in Love," "Grieving Mountaineer in Love."
Umetaro Azechi, Grieving Mountaineer, 1957
Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997), Three Roosters, ca. 1980
a ton more at Christies
Sadao Watanabe, Escape, 1973
He's pretty famous. Some more on my flickr: 1, 2, 3, 4
Junichiro Sekino, 1981, Masked Fire
more at Christies
Kihachiro Shimozawa (1901-1984) - Autumn Colors Around a Lake
Also featured in the post Mystery Zone.
Sumio Kawakami (1895-1972), dust jacket, undated
Joichi Hoshi 1913-1979 - Snowball (F)
Hoshi bio
Akira Kurosaki born 1937 - Mysterious Night
Mika Katatani, Strange Parameters B, 1968
Another from this series. It would be nice to see all of them.
Naoko Matsubara, Flute, 1974, Woodblock Print
You might not see it at first, but those are fingers playing a flute.
Many more here
Ai-O born 1931 - Fire Bird
This is an "all Japan" edition of one of my image dives. Most of them are 20th century prints, found around the internet. Some are scans from my book collection, including a few from Modern Japanese Prints, a handy collection of 1000 woodblock prints.
