“Noble Cat (Neko Kizoku 猫貴族)” - Limited 22/160 - Large Work - Iwao Akiyama 秋山巌 (1921-2014) - Japan

Technique: Original Woodblock print
Artist: Iwao AKIYAMA 秋山 巌 (1921-2014)
Titled: “Noble Cat (Neko Kizoku 猫貴族)”
Limited Edition 22/160 - 2002 - Japan
Pencil hand signed with red Artist’s seal.

Condition: Very good condition, light wrinkles please see photos.

Dimensions: Large size
Paper size 600 x 455 mm
Beautiful handmade Japanese Washi paper with small pieces of tree bark, as usual with Akiyama prints.

※It will be shipped in a tube due to its large size.

Akiyama was a very famous and unique Japanese woodblock printmaker and artist known for distinctive prints of owls, cats, and other animals in the style of naive or folk art.
He studied Buddhism and folklore extensively on his own, and incorporated that knowledge into the themes of his woodblock prints. His works possess a unique worldview that evokes Buddhist compassion and spirituality.
Akiyama's prints are primarily made in black ink, and early ones contained a single red dot within the image, although later works sometimes feature more colors. In his prints, Akiyama limited himself to few subjects: animals, nude female figures, Akiyama's work often incorporated verses of haiku and other text by Japanese poets like Ryōkan Taigu, Kobayashi Issa, and Zen monk Santōka Taneda, as well as from his own original poetry.
Since his passing, his very unique works have become increasingly rare.

Collections: Brirish Museum; Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Israel; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne etc.


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