Catalog: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints (13)

Japan Haku Maki 1965 or so Cell B This is a very early Maki print . He did it no later than 1966 it depicts many cells of a human all done very explicitly and clearly Cell was an early Maki theme He used it less than a dozen times the cells must have been busy re-creating themselves But here they seem calm and static Embossed z

Haku Maki (1924 to 2000) was an important late 20th Century Japanese printmaker. He created images often using kanji (originally: Chinese characters) as the theme for his prints. He created about 2000 different images. Many are known. Here I present a number of images which I had never seen until this year even as I have gathered many...

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Maki Emanation-73 xx

rare Japan Haku Maki Emanation 70 this is part of the long Emanation series I believe Maki did this series all in 1967 Maybe a few went into 1968 they show how many different prints this extraordinary artist produced in his life especially in 1967 this is highly abstract it may be a kanji for Heart in black and white on a yellow background single ply `paper suggesting Maki did this print early in the Emanation series

big red Poem 71 – 74 is a rarely seen Maki big red. It shows a three- character phrase from Daoist literature 心善渊 “Heart likes a deep pool, clear and calm, not affected by external environment.” As depicted by Maki, it is a stunning print. It was seen electronically but once in the past decade. It is coming back to Asia with a big red roar...

figure Figure 1 is a dark and brooding big red just received so dark even out of frame and matte maki s first big red appeared in 1963 this is an abstract rendering of the kanji for woman she seems to be standing there swaying ever so slowly this print has a good green blue sun at the upper left Here no splashes yet to add color figure 3 figure 3 here figure 4 alsom here

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boe kCraft wrote the last frame thanks bob

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Japan Haku Maki Research Note 27-

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