Sakamoto Kōichi 坂本好一, 1932-

Koichi Sakamoto was born in Tochigi prefecture in 1932. Typically subjects are taken from nature—birds, moon, trees, farm houses—and form a leitmotif for many of his prints. Often the depiction is a dreamy, even surreal, landscape.

See:

  • Blakemore, Frances. Who's Who in Modern Japanese Prints (New York: Weatherhill, 1975), pp. 161-163.


Sakamoto_Koichi_Dreaming (222K) Creator.Personal Name: 坂本好一, 1932-
Creator.Personal Name: Sakamoto Kōichi, 1932-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Dreaming.
Description: colored mezzotint; undated; pencil signed and numbered 17/50.
Type: Mezzotints.
Subject: Dreaming.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image size: 10 1/8 x 14 in., paper size: 14 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Sakamoto Koichi L-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Signature & seal: 里王.
Sakamoto_Koichi_Dreaming_sig (31K)


Sakamoto_Koichi_SnowHouseBird (138K) Creator.Personal Name: 坂本好一, 1932-
Creator.Personal Name: Sakamoto Kōichi, 1932-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: In Japanese.
Description: colored mezzotint; undated; pencil signed and numbered 13/50.
Type: Mezzotints.
Subject: Snow.
Subject: Farmhouses.
Subject: Birds.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 7 1/4 in. by 9 1/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Signature:
Sakamoto_Koichi_SnowHouseBird_sig (38K)
Title:
Sakamoto_Koichi_SnowHouseBird_title (46K)


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