Maki Haku 巻白, 1924-2000.

maki_photo (53K)Maejima Tadaaki was born in 1924 in Asomachi in Ibaragi Prefecture. However, when he started his formal art training, after WW II, under Onchi and Hiratsuka, Maejima took the name Haku Maki. The majority of Maki's early work is known for his inclusion of Chinese characters (kanji) in his paintings—often using the seal script version of them. Later, as his style developed, Maki became known for using a wide variety of artistic methods in his art.

See:

  • Frances Blakemore. Who's Who in Modern Japanese Prints (New York, Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1975), p. 99.
  • Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, c1992), p. 85.
  • Mary and Norman Tolman. Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Rutland Vermont & Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1994), p. 232.
  • Dr. Daniel Tretiak. The Life and Works of Haku Maki (Outskirts Press, 2007)

Maki_Haku_Work_73-41 (146K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Work 73-41.
Description: woodblock print; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; edition number 10/101.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Screen prints.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 24 x 18 in. framed.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Signature and seal:
Maki_Haku_Work_73-41_sig (41K)
Haki_Maku_Ox (136K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 牛 [ushi ox]
Description: woodblock print incorporating the character for ox 牛; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; unnumbered; 1999 print of a 19060 version.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 19.3 x 12.7 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku L-1.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Signature and seal:
Haki_Maku_Ox_sig_seal (55K)
Maki_Haku_75-57_Water (649K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 75-57 (Water)
Description: colored woodblock print incorporating the character for water 水; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; numbered 171/301.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 4 x 4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-8.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Signature.
Maki_Haku_75-57_Water_sig (153K)
Haku_moon_serigraph (305K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 月 [Moon]
Description: serigraph mounted on a shikishiban board; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; numbered 16/111.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 9.5 x 10.75 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-9.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
MakiHaku_Poem_70_6 (95K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 70-6 (亀) = Poem 70-6 (Turtle)
Description: colored woodblock print done with Maki's cement block technique; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; numbered ?/202.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 10 x 10 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku M-1.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail--signature.
MakiHaku_poem70_6_sig (27K)
Maki_Poem69-55 (98K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 69-55.
Description: framed colored woodblock print done with Maki's cement block technique; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; numbered 56/202.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 10 1/2 by 10 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-7
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Seal:
Maki_Poem69-55_seal (39K) 		Signature:
Maki_Poem69-55_sig (27K)
Haku_Poem_68_51 (48K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 68-51.
Description: embossed and colored woodblock print; undated [1968?]; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; edition number 22/101.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: paper 13.5 x 7 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku Framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Title, signature and seal:
Haku_Poem_68_51_sig (26K)
Maki_snow (172K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Snow (雪).
Description: embossed and colored woodblock print; undated [1974?]; cursive kanji character for snow; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; edition number 92 (42?)/201.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 5 x 5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-3
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Title, signature, and seal:
Maki_snow_sigseal (52K)
Maki_grass (175K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Grass (草).
Description: embossed and colored woodblock print; undated [1974?]; cursive kanji character for grass; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; edition number 90/201.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 5 x 5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-2
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Title, signature, and seal:
Maki_grass_sigseal (66K)
HakuMaki_rain (172K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 69-53.
Description: embossed and colored woodblock print; undated [1969], cursive script of the character for rain 雨; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; numbered (24/202).
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 12 x 12 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku M-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Seal and signature:
HakuMaki_rain_sigseal (112K)
HakuMaki_moon (254K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Moon (月)
Description: colored woodblock print; undated [1977?], cursive script of the character for moon 月; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; numbered (29/201).
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 5 x 5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-4
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Seal and signature.
HakuMaki_moon_sig (105K)
HakuMaki_75_60 (469K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 75-60.
Description: colored woodblock print; undated [1975?]; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; tensho script characters: spear 矛, horse 馬, pig 豕, flower 花, and bird 鳥; numbered (27/301).
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 4 x 4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Title and signature.
HakuMaki_75_60_sig (27K)
Haku_69_26 (263K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 69-26.
Description: framed colored woodblock print done with Maki's cement block technique; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; tensho script character: 神 (god, soul, spirit); numbered (175/201).
Date: 1969.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail:
Haku_69_41_detail (193K) 		Title and signature.
Haku_69_26_sig (78K)
Haku_69_41 (233K)
Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 69-41.
Description: framed colored woodblock print done with Maki's cement block technique; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; tensho script character: 妻 (wife); numbered (50/201).
Date: 1969.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail:
Haku_69_26_detail (171K) 		Title and signature.
Haku_69_41_sig (93K)
Maki_wind (128K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 2.
Description: black and white lithograph print; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; larger kanji character for wind (kaze 風) and a smaller katakana script poem; numbered (16/111).
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 8.5 x 8.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-5
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Text:

カ ゼ ヨ ウ ニ ウ マ
カ ゼ ヨ ウ ニ イ キ テ
カ ゼ ヨ ウ ニ キ エ ル
カ ゼ ニ ナ リ タ イ
ミ エ ナ イ カ ゼ ニ

Translations supplied by Dr. Tretiak:

To be born like the wind.
To live like the wind.
To die like the wind.
I want to be wind;
an invisible wind.

Alternatively:

Born like a wind,
Live like a wind,
Vanish like a wind.
I'd like to be a wind,
An invisible wind.
Detail:
Maki_wind_a (157K) 		Title and signature.
Maki_wind_sig (71K)
Haku_Poem69_16 (143K) Creator.Personal Name: 巻白, 1924-2000.
Creator.Personal Name: Maki Haku, 1924-2000.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Poem 69-16.
Description: colored woodblock print done with Maki's cement block technique; pencil signed below the image and seal in print; tensho script; numbered 181/201.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 8 7/8 X 6 3/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Maki Haku S-7
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
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