Tanaka Ryohei Yaze In May Original Etching 1980 Signed Numbered 140/200 Framed

Description: Tanaka Ryohei Yaze In May Original Etching 1980 Signed Numbered 140/200 Framed Original 1980 Etching entitled "Yaze in May" by acclaimed Japanese artist etcher, Tanaka Ryohei (1933-2019).The "Yaze in May" etching features thatched roof farmhouses surrounded by the lush blooms of cherry blossom trees during springtime within the Yaze ruins, an archaeological site with the ruins of a Jōmon period settlement located in what is now the Tsukiyono neighborhood of the town of Minakami, Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan (The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997).The etching is hand numbered 140/200 and hand signed and dated in pencil on the plate. Double matted and framed in a black wood frame under non-glare glass.Frame measures approx. 9" x 11". Art work size approx. 6" x 4 1/2".Art work in mint condition. Frame may have a few spots of minimal wear. Please see pictures for more details.THE ARTIST AND HIS WORKTanaka Ryohei (1933 – 2019 ) was a Japanese printmaker who created 770 etchings during his successful artistic career which spanned fifty years. He printed and edited all his etchings himself. After having printed the editions, he destroyed the copperplate to ensure that his editions were truly limited.Tanaka’s creative process and his editing practice stand directly opposite the woodblock prints of the Edo Period and the later, ever so popular 20th century Shin-hanga. Quite in contrast to this traditional Japanese woodblock-print industry, Tanaka Ryohei was the single master during the entire creative process. He designed his images, etched his plates and subsequently printed each single etching himself. All together this amounted to nearly 150.000 prints, which all found their way to numerous collections, both public and private, the world over.Largely self-taught, he developed an etching technique that is unmatched. Although he usually limited himself to one color ink only ( black ) to print his etchings, he always managed to evoke a deep sense of poetry in them. The framing of the view in his work often reminds us of looking through a photographic lens. However he himself never worked from photographs but carefully composed his images from the numerous quick and striking pencil sketches done on the spot. Tanaka had a special fondness for rural scenes and architecture and particularly the thatched roof farmhouses fast disappearing from the Japanese countryside. His careful and meticulous copperplate etchings exhibit a unique talent for creating, usually only with black and white, the different textures of straw, wood, tile and stone. In addition to exquisite detailing, the artist explored the various possibilities for subtlety afforded by the etching medium. Tanaka Ryohei richly deserves the international accolades received in an artistic career that began in 1963. Tanaka’s etchings are held in public collections in Asia, Great Britain and the United States, often in considerable numbers: The Museum of Fine Art Boston; the Brooklyn Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts , San Francisco; the Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the Singapore National Museum; the British Museum and many others.

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