Koichi Maeda

Koichi Maeda (前田光一, born 1936) is a Japanese woodblock print artist who creates landscape compositions using traditional mokuhanga techniques. His prints depict Japanese scenery — mountains, rivers, villages, and seasonal views — rendered with care and attention to the atmospheric qualities that characterize the best work in the Japanese landscape print tradition. Maeda is a quiet practitioner whose work reflects a sustained dedication to the mokuhanga medium and its capacity to capture the beauty of the Japanese landscape. His prints are available through Japanese galleries and at print events.

Koichi Maeda was active born in 1936. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.

Koichi Maeda'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.

Koichi Maeda's prints frequently feature landscapes, architecture, mount fuji, village scenes, animals, fish.

Original prints by Koichi Maeda can be found in collections including wbp, Art Institute of Chicago, Japanese Art Open Database, Watanabe Print.

Koichi Maeda is a contemporary printmaker working in the mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock) tradition. Their work contributes to the living tradition of Japanese woodblock printing. Prices for contemporary mokuhanga prints range from $100 for smaller works to $1,500 for major compositions. Most prints sell in the $180–$600 range. The global mokuhanga community has been growing, with increasing exhibition opportunities and collector interest. Contemporary mokuhanga represents an affordable entry point for collectors.