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Sakazume Atsuo — Japanese Contemporary Mokuhanga artist

Sakazume Atsuo

坂爪厚生

1941

Japan

Biography

Sakazume Atsuo is a Japanese printmaker born on November 8, 1941, in Gunma Prefecture, who now resides in Kyoto. He attended Kyoto University and is actively involved with the Japan Print Association.

Sakazume is known for his superb workmanship in printmaking, with his mezzotints and etchings of animals being particularly celebrated for their exceptional technical quality and thought-provoking subject matter.

His work can be found in the collections of the British Museum, Iwaki City Museum, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, and the Kyoto Museum. He has been represented by the Gilbert Luber Gallery.

Key Facts

Active Period
1941
Nationality
🇯🇵Japan
Works Indexed
1

Frequently Asked Questions

Sakazume Atsuo is a Japanese printmaker born on November 8, 1941, in Gunma Prefecture, who now resides in Kyoto. He attended Kyoto University and is actively involved with the Japan Print Association.

Sakazume Atsuo was active born in 1941. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.

Sakazume Atsuo'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.

Sakazume Atsuo's prints frequently feature etching, mezzotint.

Original prints by Sakazume Atsuo can be found in collections including Art Institute of Chicago.

Woodblock Prints by Sakazume Atsuo (1)