Akira Kurosaki - ハーヴァード大学 (Harvard University)

Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print

A striking fusion of cartography and collage, this 1975 print layers a meticulously carved map of Harvard with bold red and green overlays and three inset photographic vignettes - melded through woodblock and zinc relief to create a dynamic tribute to academic tradition and modern design. 🎓🗺️

• Year & Edition: 1975 · Ed. of 75 (17/75) (signed & titled in pencil to plate).
• Medium: Woodblock. 5 blocks, 5 colours. (+photo relief (1 blocks, 1 colours)). Printed on Echizen Hosho paper.
• Dimensions: Sheet H 48.00 cm × W 33.75 cm.
• Condition: Excellent. Paper crisp with clean, sharp edges; image face unblemished.
• Notes: From Kurosaki’s “America - Love & Peace” series in collaboration with Sohei Uchiyama (embossed S.UCHIYAMA seal, lower right). Listed in the National Museum of Art Osaka union catalog. Raisonné No. 197, (W184). 黒崎彰の全仕事 (The Complete Works of Akira Kurosaki: Catalogue Raisonné 1965-2006). 

About the Artist

Akira Kurosaki (1937-2019) was a pioneering mokuhanga artist who fused traditional Japanese woodblock techniques with bold abstraction and surreal landscapes, rendered in his signature deep reds, purples and blacks. A graduate of the Kyoto Institute of Technology and devoted to the sōsaku hanga ethos - overseeing every stage of production himself - he earned the Florence Biennale Gold Prize and Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure. From 1987 he taught and led the Printmaking Department at Kyoto Seika University, mentoring a generation of printmakers; his work is held by the British Museum, MoMA and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. [ ← View All Works by Akira Kurosaki]