Akira Kurosaki - 風のメルヘン (Tale of the Wind)

Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print

Akira Kurosaki conjures invisible breezes as ribbons of color and form dance around a central, stone-textured pillar - melding his mastery of traditional mokuhanga with bold abstraction. The vivid reds, greens and neutrals play across deep blacks to create a dreamlike sense of motion and melody. 🌬️🍃

• Year & Edition: 1989 · Ed. of 120 (29/120) (signed & titled in pencil to plate).
• Medium: Woodblock.
• Dimensions: Sheet H: 48.50 cm × W: 32.75 cm (Image H: 36.75 cm × W: 25.75 cm).
• Condition: Excellent; unmarked image with crisp, bold colour; clean paper with only minor handling to outer margins.
• Notes: Embossed printer’s seal lower right margin; listed as W376 in 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]