Nakao Yoshitaka

Nakao Yoshitaka was a largely self-taught sosaku-hanga printmaker born in Ehime Prefecture who moved to Tokyo at age forty-four to devote himself to printmaking. He pioneered an innovative cement-block printing technique, pouring wet cement into wooden frames and scoring into it as it dried, creating prints with distinctive soft textures. His large-scale works gained international recognition through the Graphic Society of New York, and his prints are held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Nakao Yoshitaka was active from 1911 to 1994. They were associated with the Sōsaku-hanga movement.

Nakao Yoshitaka's work was shaped by the Sōsaku-hanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Sōsaku-hanga: The "creative prints" movement (c.

Original prints by Nakao Yoshitaka can be found in collections including Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard Art Museums, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.