Kawachi Seiko

Kawachi Seiko is a Japanese woodblock printmaker born in Yamanashi in 1948 who graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University in 1973. After winning the Grand Prix at the Japan Print Association Exhibition in 1976, he devoted himself to woodblock printing, blending classical techniques with a modern sensibility through swirling engraved lines that border on abstraction. His prints are held in collections worldwide, including the British Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

Kawachi Seiko was active born in 1948. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.

Kawachi Seiko'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.

Kawachi Seiko's prints frequently feature abstract, religious, washi, animals, landscapes, portraits.

Original prints by Kawachi Seiko can be found in collections including Japanese Art Open Database, Art Institute of Chicago, British Museum, ukiyo-e.org.