Tatsuo Kawashima — Japanese Contemporary Mokuhanga artist

Tatsuo Kawashima

川島達雄

1940

Japan

Biography

Tatsuo Kawashima (川島達雄, born 1940) is a Japanese woodblock print artist who creates landscape compositions using traditional mokuhanga techniques. His prints depict the Japanese countryside, mountains, and coastal scenes, rendered with the atmospheric sensitivity that water-based woodblock printing encourages. Kawashima is a dedicated practitioner of the mokuhanga tradition whose work reflects a lifelong engagement with the Japanese landscape. His prints are available through Japanese galleries.

Key Facts

Active Period
1940
Nationality
🇯🇵Japan
Works Indexed
18

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tatsuo Kawashima known for?

Tatsuo Kawashima (川島達雄, born 1940) is a Japanese woodblock print artist who creates landscape compositions using traditional mokuhanga techniques. His prints depict the Japanese countryside, mountains, and coastal scenes, rendered with the atmospheric sensitivity that water-based woodblock printing encourages. Kawashima is a dedicated practitioner of the mokuhanga tradition whose work reflects a lifelong engagement with the Japanese landscape. His prints are available through Japanese galleries.

When was Tatsuo Kawashima active?

Tatsuo Kawashima was active born in 1940. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.

What artistic movements influenced Tatsuo Kawashima?

Tatsuo Kawashima'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.

Where can I see Tatsuo Kawashima's original prints?

Original prints by Tatsuo Kawashima can be found in collections including Art Institute of Chicago, Japanese Art Open Database, wbp.

Woodblock Prints by Tatsuo Kawashima (18)