Yuasa Katsutoshi

Yuasa Katsutoshi is a contemporary mokuhanga artist born in Tokyo in 1978 who studied painting at Musashino Art University before turning to woodblock printmaking. After earning his MA in Fine Art Printmaking from the Royal College of Art in London in 2005, he became one of the most ambitious artists working in mokuhanga today, testing the medium with variant print sizes, mixed media, and photography. He serves as Head Office Liaison for the International Mokuhanga Association (IMA).

Yuasa Katsutoshi was active born in 1978. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.

Yuasa Katsutoshi's work was shaped by the Contemporary Mokuhanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Contemporary Mokuhanga: Contemporary mokuhanga (literally "wood-block print") encompasses artists working from approximately 1970 to the present who continue or reinvent traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques.

Yuasa Katsutoshi's prints frequently feature abstract, landscapes, insects, nature, sumi ink, animals.

Original prints by Yuasa Katsutoshi can be found in collections including Minneapolis Institute of Art.