Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (image) 15 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2017
Edition: of 15

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (image) 15 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2017
Edition: of 15

Series: Tarot
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches (image) 12 x 8 1/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2016
Edition: of 20

Series: Tarot
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 4 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches (image) 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2016
Edition: of 20

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer / Marketing and Digital Content Specialist):

Takeda’s depiction of the death card is filled with eyes wide open, including on the intense central figure with their hands gracefully crossed, staring straight back at the viewer. In tarot, drawing the death card isn’t always a bad thing. Death is a normal part of life and can mean a new beginning as well as an end to something. As the year winds closer to its own death, this etching is a reminder to be alert and conscious about what in our own lives needs to come to a close and what could use more of our energy. 

Series: Tarot
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches (image) 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2016
Edition: of 20

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (image) 14 x 25 3/8 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2013
Edition: of 15

Series: Troublesome Stories
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (image) 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 15

Series: Troublesome Stories
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (image) 11 3/4 x 12 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 15

Series: Holes for Loneliness Games
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (image) 15 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2012
Edition: of 20

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):
"The level of technical detail in this etching is intricate - from each character’s particular facial expression to the curtains, hanging plants, mirror, and archway tile designs. Takeda is so good at taking simple everyday things like drinking coffee at a coffee shop and turning them into interesting shadow box scenes. The viewer can’t help but look at each of the people in this crowded room and wonder what they are all thinking behind their wide eyes. The only character not looking at one another or at themselves in the mirror is the person directly in front of the viewer. Rather than participating in the gossip or chatter, this person is rolling their eyes and looking up at the ceiling, while they drink their coffee."

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (image) 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2012
Edition: of 15

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 6 x 6 inches (image) 11 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2012
Edition: of 15

Series: Troublesome Stories
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (image) 12 x 12 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 15

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (image) 14 x 25 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2015
Edition: of 15

Series: A Lady's Tedious Days
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (image) 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2011
Edition: of 15

Series: A Lady's Tedious Days
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (image) 15 x 11 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2011
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 inches (image) 12 x 11 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 inches (image) 8 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 inches (image) 11 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 inches (image) 11 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 inches (image) 11 x 11 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 inches (image) 11 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 6 inches (image) 11 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 20 3/8 inches (image) 14 x 25 1/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2015
Edition: of 15

Recommended by Sam (Owner & Director):
"Contemporary Japanese artist Azumi Takeda's etching Full, Full, Full is part of a wonderful series showing groups of people waiting, engrossed in various activities, or, as in this case, the artist focuses on the detritus left behind that references what they had been doing. There is order with the placement of the disparate objects, that speaks about each of the individuals that is no longer in the room. Takeda's use of the etching and aquatint process, is perfect for the detail required."

Series: A Lady's Tedious Days
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (image) 15 x 11 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2011
Edition: of 15

Series: Transmigration (Transferred Soul)
Medium: Wood engraving with chine-collé
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 1988
Edition: of 40

Recommended by Catherine (Collections Specialist):

Keisei Kobayashi's intricate wood engravings often explore themes around ecology and nature mysticism. His piece Roots B from the 'Transmigration' series is a beautiful depiction of the reciprocity between humans and nature within the process of death. At a quick glance, the image appears to be of a dead tree, its scraggly and bare branches inviting the company of crows. A closer look reveals a glowing figure, sitting within the roots of the tree and bringing new life through the trunk. A clear symbol of rebirth in light of death, it also conveys a feeling of peaceful renewal in the midst of grief.

Series: Animals and Plants in Colors
Medium: Colored wood engraving
Dimensions: 16 x 12 inches (image), 23 1/4 x 19 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 2016
Edition: of 70

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):
Kobayashi’s easily recognizable flora and fauna and color palette’s repeated pastel rainbow rolls lull his audience into a peaceful acceptance of this scene. Kobayashi has hypnotically pulled the viewer into his fantasy world where baby chicks and sea turtles emerge in the same space; and land and seascapes gently exist in a circular flow in the same plane. All of the birds, fish, frogs, etc are all observing the cock and hen. Cycles of life are in perfect balance in this imaginary space, where even one wrong step from the cock at the edge of the cliff can throw it into disharmony.

Series: Requiem at Noon
Medium: Wood engraving with chine-collé
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 1981
Edition: AP of 10

Series: Requiem at Noon
Medium: Wood engraving with chine-collé
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 19 inches (image) 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 1980
Edition: AP of 10

Medium: Wood engraving with chine-collé
Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 14 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 2008-2010
Edition: of 40

Series: Illusional Planet
Medium: Wood engraving with chine-collé
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 1994
Edition: of 35

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 11 x 15 1/2 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 1999
Edition: of 100

Series: At the Dawn
Medium: Wood engraving with chine-collé
Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1944
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 30

Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (image) 9 3/4 x 13 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1957
Edition: of 100

Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches (Image), 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (Sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese
Date finished: 2015
Edition: of 50

Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (Image), 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (Sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese
Date finished: 2018
Edition: AP of 10

Medium: Mixed color intaglio
Dimensions: 6 x 4 5/8 inches (image) 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1948
Date finished: 1990
Edition: of 20

#50547c

Medium: Mixed intaglio
Dimensions: 18 x 23 1/2 inches  (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1948
Date finished: 1992
Edition: of 20

#50551c

Medium: Mixed color intaglio
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches  (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1948
Date finished: 1993
Edition: of 25

#50550c

Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: 5 x 3 1/4 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1950
Date finished: 2007
Edition: of 25

Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: 3 x 3 1/2 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1950
Date finished: 2012
Edition: of 25