Wakō Shūji 若生秀二, 1953-
Wakō Shūji, born in 1953, began exhibiting in the College Women's Association of
Japan's (CWAJ) art show at age 26 and has been accepted every year since. His
playful, vivid works of origami papers, hoops and puzzles are typically arranged
with spectacular tablecloths, always displayed on a velvety black background.
Wakō himself describes his works as "expressing my inner sense of Japanese
tradition seen through my modern eyes."
See:
- Mary and Norman Tolman. Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Rutland Vermont & Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1994), p. 218.
Creator.Personal Name: Wakō Shūji, 1953-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 組木パズル 六 [Kumiki Puzzle 6]
Description: colored lithograph; dated 1984; edition number 20/50; title in Japanese; pencil signed in lower margin.
Subject: Still lifes.
Subject: Puzzles.
Type: Lithographs.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: paper 14 x 16.9 in.; image 9.6 x 11.8 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
TD: Wako Shuji L-2
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Wakō Shūji, 1953-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 独楽 (こま) [Koma = Top]
Description: colored lithograph with hand-applied gilt; undated; edition number 10/60; title in Japanese; pencil signed in lower margin; artist's impressed seal appears in bottom margin.
Subject: Still lifes.
Subject: Tops (Toys)
Type: Lithographs.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: paper 20 3/4 x 15 in.; image 15.25 x 12.75 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
TD: Wako Shuji L-1
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Wakō Shūji, 1953-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 折鶴 (夢) [Folded Crane (Dream)]
Description: colored lithograph with hand-applied gilt; undated; edition number 43/85; title in Japanese; pencil signed in lower margin.
Subject: Still lifes.
Subject: Origami.
Subject: Cranes (Birds)
Type: Lithographs.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 22.25 x 15 in. paper, 15 x 11.25 in. image.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
TD: Wako Shuji Framed
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Wakō Shūji, 1953-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 折鶴 (まどろみ) [Folded Crane (Slumber)]
Description: colored lithograph with hand-applied gilt; undated; edition number 43/83; title in Japanese; pencil signed in lower margin.
Subject: Still lifes.
Subject: Origami.
Subject: Cranes (Birds)
Type: Lithographs.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 22.25 x 15 in. paper, 15 x 11.25 in. image.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
TD: Wako Shuji Framed
Record Type: work.