Masaaki Tanaka (b.1947)
- Kasuga Taisha Bugaku Hajime (Ceremony of traditional Japanese Court dances at Kasuga Taisha Shrine)
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Beautiful silkscreen print "Kasuga Taisha Bugaku Hajime" (Ceremony of traditional Japanese Court dances at Kasuga Taisha Shrine) is by Masaaki Tanaka (b.1947). Sheet number 156/300, title in Japanese, and hand-signed on the bottom margin. Amazing colors and fine contrast.
-Kasuga Taisha Bugaku Hajimeshiki - (Ceremony of traditional Japanese Court dances at Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Nara in January)
Masaaki Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1947. He graduated from Musashino Art University with a major in Oil Painting in 1971. He educated himself in silkscreen after learning woodblock printmaking and stone lithography, while making repeated visits to Europe and the United States. His silkscreen shows Japanese traditional festivals or cultures. His work is found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Honolulu Museum of Art, and Albrecht Fine Art Museum. Now he is a well-known silkscreen artist. His collectors are based worldwide.
Technique: Silkscreen
Paper size: 9 and 5/8 by 13 inches (24.5 cm x 33 cm)
Image size: 5 and 7/8 x 8 and 5/8 inches (15 x 21.8 cm)
Sheet number: 156/300
Date: N/A
Signed: Hand-Signed on the bottom margin
Condition: Pristine condition
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- Sugo zishi (Shishi 'Lion' Dance in Sugo)
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Striking silkscreen print "Sugo zishi" (Shishi 'Lion' Dance in Sugo) is by Masaaki Tanaka (b.1947). Sheet number 267/850, title in Japanese, and hand-signed on the bottom margin. Beautiful colors and nice contrast. "Sugo zishi" (Sugo Shishi 'Lion' Dance) was honored in 1958 as Gifu Prefecture’s Important Intangible Folk Culture Property.
-Sugo Zishi-
Masaaki Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1947. He graduated from Musashino Art University with a major in Oil Painting in 1971. He educated himself in silkscreen after learning woodblock printmaking and stone lithography, while making repeated visits to Europe and the United States. His silkscreen shows Japanese traditional festivals or cultures. His work is found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Honolulu Museum of Art, and Albrecht Fine Art Museum. Now he is a well-known silkscreen artist. His collectors are based worldwide.
Technique: Silkscreen
Paper size: 10 and 5/8 by 15 and 1/2 inches. (27 cm x 39.5 cm)
Image size: 9 and 3/8 x 12 and 7/8 inches (23.7x 32.5 cm)
Sheet number: 267/850
Date: 1982
Signed: Hand-Signed on the bottom margin
Condition: Good condition with toning. A minor paper crease on the lower left margin corner, tiny tape stain on the upper left margin corner, and mat line from prior matting which will be easily matted out. Please see the pictures.
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Shimoda Kurofune Matsuri (Black Ship Festival at Shimoda)
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Very beautiful silkscreen print "Shimoda Kurofune Matsuri" (Black Ship Festival at Shimoda) by Masaaki Tanaka (1947-). Sheet number 186/300, title in Japanese, and hand-signed on the bottom margin. Very beautiful colors and superb details. Kurofune Festival : Shimoda had been a harbor town long before the Black Ships entered its bay by Perry at the end of the Edo Period. Opening Shimoda's harbor not only to Japanese ships but to foreign ships as well. And allowing foreign ships to enter a Japanese port meant opening relations with foreign countries. Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1947. He educated himself in silkscreen after learning woodblock printmaking and stone lithography, while making repeated visits to Europe and the United States. His silkscreen show Japanese Festival. His work is found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Honolulu Museum of Art and Albrecht Fine Art Museum. The Japanese government presented a print by Tanaka to President Reagan when he visited Japan. Now he is well known silkscreen artist.
Technique: Silkscreen
Paper size: 9 and 7/8 by 13 inches. (25 cm x 33 cm)
Sheet number: 186/300
Date: N/A
Signed: Signed with artist official red seal.
Condition: Pristine condition, never framed. Pinpoint size ink spot on the bottom margin which is almost not noticeable and will be easily matted out.
