This powerful composition features a jet-black silhouette of a black cat glaring at you with red eyes. The simple yet bold black cat and subtle accents of reddish-brown and blue emanate an overwhelming presence. Among Akiyama Iwao's specialty animal motifs, this is a particularly bewitching and alluring piece. Artist: Iwao Akiyama (1921-2014) 秋山 巌 Titled: 'Black Hunter' Technique: Woodblock print Pencil hand signed, dated 2005 and numbered 10/160 with red Artist’s seal. Beautiful handmade slightly wavy Japanese Washi paper with small pieces of tree bark, as usual with Akiyama prints. Condition: Very good, light defects on the margins please ref. pictures. Dimensions: Paper size 315 x 495 mm About the artist: Iwao AKIYAMA(1921 Oita - 2014 Chiba), JAPAN. 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. 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. Collections: Brirish Museum; Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Israel; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne etc.. Shipment with tracking, we do combine shipments for woodblock prints, please have a look at our weekly selection of Japanese fine art! Thank you!