Sugiura Kazutoshi

Sugiura Kazutoshi is a contemporary Japanese printmaker born in 1938 who graduated from the Public College for Art in Kyoto in 1963. After five years of studying classical Japanese painting at the Kyoto National Museum, he developed a distinctive layered silkscreen technique combining gold-leaf application, silk-screen printing, and lithographic texturing. His flower subjects, particularly irises and peonies, are held in prestigious collections including the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the British Museum.

Sugiura Kazutoshi was active born in 1938. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.

Sugiura Kazutoshi'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.

Sugiura Kazutoshi's prints frequently feature birds & flowers, still life, abstract, silkscreen, animals, pagodas.

Original prints by Sugiura Kazutoshi can be found in collections including Japanese Art Open Database, Art Institute of Chicago, robynbuntin, Ohmi Gallery.

Sugiura Kazutoshi is a prolific and accomplished printmaker whose mokuhanga work is in museum collections worldwide. His prints feature stylized landscapes, nature subjects, and abstract compositions. Most prints sell for $800–$4,000, with major compositions reaching $5,000–$8,000. Smaller works are available at $200–$800. Consistent output over many decades means reasonable supply, keeping prices accessible while museum representation confirms quality.