Ouchi Makoto

Ouchi Makoto was a Japanese printmaker born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, who combined etching with paper-block printing to create works that reinterpreted ukiyo-e themes through modern techniques. He won the Yamamoto Kanae Prize from the Japan Print Association in 1968 and served twice as secretary-general of that organization. His prints are held in major collections worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Library of Congress.

Ouchi Makoto was active from 1926 to 1989. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.

Ouchi Makoto'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.

Original prints by Ouchi Makoto can be found in collections including Art Institute of Chicago, Minneapolis Institute of Art.