Biography
Eriko Notsu (born 1989) is a contemporary Japanese printmaker who works in etching combined with hand-colouring. Her work has been shown through the College Women's Association of Japan (CWAJ), whose annual print show in Tokyo — held since 1956 — is an internationally recognized showcase of contemporary and historical Japanese prints.
Her etching with hand-colouring "MIMI chan 2" (2025), measuring 50 × 42 cm, was included in the 2025 CWAJ Print Show as print No. 115. The affectionate title uses "-chan," the Japanese diminutive honorific applied to children, pets, and familiar figures, and the hand-colouring adds warm tone to the etched line that pure intaglio printing alone would not carry.
Beyond her CWAJ catalogue entry, little biographical detail or exhibition history for Notsu is currently available through public-facing English-language sources.
Key Facts
- Active Period
- 1989
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
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Frequently Asked Questions
Eriko Notsu (born 1989) is a contemporary Japanese printmaker who works in etching combined with hand-colouring. Her work has been shown through the College Women's Association of Japan (CWAJ), whose annual print show in Tokyo — held since 1956 — is an internationally recognized showcase of contemporary and historical Japanese prints.
Eriko Notsu was active born in 1989. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.
Eriko Notsu'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.