Iwana - Nakatsugawa (Char - a River in Central Honshu)

• Mezzotint

Seiichi Hiroshima is a master printmaker and print artist living and working in Tokyo, Japan. He has printed for Rick Bartow and others. For his own work, Hiroshima primarily uses the color mezzotint process, using a rocker to create a rich textured surface from which he burnishes and scrapes his image, producing a velvety quality. The poem below was written by the artist about his inspiration.