Artist: Taizo Minagawa (1917-1975)

Title: Temple Maple, Series: Twelve Famous Views of Kyoto

Date: 1960

Edition: Early Ed. with Watermark

Sig./Seal: Taizo 'Tai' Seal, Unsodo Pub./Carver/Printer Seals

Condition: Very good with tape marks in upper margins

Size: 15.5 x 11.5                                 $395

Taizo Minagawa (1917-2005) Born in 1917 in Kyoto City, Taizo graduated in 1935 from the Kyoto Municipal Arts and Crafts School of Design. As a Modern artist, Taizo earned fame as a dyer, producing textile designs using wax resist, and also created a number of woodblock prints. His work has been exhibited around the world and published in several books. Minagawa incorporates simplified blocks of color and strong black outlines with a handsome use of negative space to create a bold modern style. Many accolades and awards to his credit include:

• The Kyoto City Dyeing Works Exhibition in 1938

• Mayor's Award 1941

• Bunten Exhibition 1945

• 1st Nitten Exhibition 1966

•  1971 Appointed Director of Contemporary Crafts Artists Association

• Judge of Nitten 1972

• Appointed Councilor of Nitten Exhibition 1980

• Appointed Executive Director of Contemporary Crafts Artists Association 1984

• Kyoto Prefectural Culture Award for Distinguished Service 1987

• Director of All Japan Dyeing and Weaving Crafts Association

1988 Medal of Honor with Dark Blue