Technique: nishikie, color woodcut, titled, numbered, and hand-signed by the artist. (180 x 340 mm)
A splendid work, printed on Torinoko paper. In perfect condition with pristine margins.
Namiki follows the sōsaku hanga tradition by personally carving and printing the matrices.
Hajime Namiki was born in Tokyo in 1947 and initially trained as a sculptor. He began studying sculpture with Shigeru Ogura in 1965 and joined the Japanese Sculpture Association in 1974. He began working with woodblock prints in 1978.
Namiki's most distinctive works are printed with oil-based pigments over silver or gold leaf backgrounds, on handmade Torinoko paper, which creates a reflective surface capable of changing with the light and the angle of observation.
Namiki has exhibited his woodblock prints extensively in Japan and internationally. His works are in the collections of the White House, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.