Kusaka Kenji 日下賢二, 1936-
Kenji Kusaka was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. He uses traditional woodblock
printing techniques for his bold compositions. Kusaka's prints are characterized
by abstract or semi-abstract forms in bold colors with strong hues and intensive
use of perspective and gradation. Typical elements used by the artist are egg and cloud shapes.
See:
- Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, c1992), p. 81.
- Frances Blakemore. Who's Who in Modern Japanese Prints (New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1975), p.97.
Creator.Personal Name: Kusaka Kenji, 1936-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 作品 71-9 [Work 71-9].
Description: colored woodblock print; dated 1971; edition number 5/30; artist's signature in lower margin.
Date: 1971.
Subject: Abstracts.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: tmage 6 x 8 in., sheet 16 x 14 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Kusaka Kenji L-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
