Minami Keiko
by Keiko Minami
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
A woodblock print cataloged under Keiko Minami's name, representing her work within the broader medium that first shaped her artistic training in Japan. While Minami became best known internationally for her etchings and aquatints produced in Paris, her roots in Japanese printmaking informed the spatial sensibility she carried throughout her career. The generous use of empty space, the reduction of forms to their simplest outlines, and the quiet emotional register all trace back to principles embedded in Japanese visual culture. This piece connects her Parisian output to the mokuhanga tradition that preceded it.
More Prints by Keiko Minami
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Minami Keiko was created by Keiko Minami (南桂子).
Minami Keiko depicts landscapes and abstract.