
Taki Shusui
滝秋水
Japan
Biography
Taki Shusui (滝秋水) remains an obscure figure in Japanese printmaking, with no confirmed birth or death dates and no documented movement affiliation in standard references. Prints bearing the name Taki Shusui appear in specialist dealer inventories and occasionally surface at auction, typically depicting landscape or nature subjects in a style consistent with early-to-mid twentieth-century woodblock production. The reading of the artist name as "Shusui" follows the most common romanization of the characters 滝秋水, though alternate readings are possible.
Without further archival research, reliable details about Shusui's training, publishers, exhibition history, or working dates cannot be stated with confidence. Collectors and researchers who encounter prints by this artist should consult Japanese-language hanga databases and auction records for additional attribution evidence.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Works Indexed
- 50
Frequently Asked Questions
Taki Shusui (滝秋水) remains an obscure figure in Japanese printmaking, with no confirmed birth or death dates and no documented movement affiliation in standard references. Prints bearing the name Taki Shusui appear in specialist dealer inventories and occasionally surface at auction, typically depicting landscape or nature subjects in a style consistent with early-to-mid twentieth-century woodblock production. The reading of the artist name as "Shusui" follows the most common romanization of the characters 滝秋水, though alternate readings are possible.
Taki Shusui's prints frequently feature insects, birds & flowers, night scenes, mount fuji, mountains, figures.
Original prints by Taki Shusui can be found in collections including ukiyo-e.org.
Woodblock Prints by Taki Shusui (50)

Lady Rokujo
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The melancholy of Ukifune
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Scattered chrysanthemums
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Genji and Dame Murasaki
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hair in disarray
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Picture of a goshawk
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Monkeys II
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Wind bell
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Third Princess
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

You, misty moonlit night
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hair in disarray
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Twelve tattoos - Benzaiten
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Coyness
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Princess Akashi
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hair-washing
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Eloquent faces of beauty: Yuge - Steam
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Twelve tattoos - Bodhisattva of Benevolence
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Rouge
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The illusion of Princess Aoi no Ue
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ball-tipped hairpin
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Uji no Naka no Kimi and Niomiya (her husband)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

River crabs
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hanachirusato and Tamakazura
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Wind bell
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)