TANAKA RYOHEI
Etching. Born 1933, Osaka. Studied under the etching master Furuno Yoshino.
Permanent Exhibitions: the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fogg Museum at Harvard University; Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts. San Francisco; Honolulu Academy of Arts; Cleveland Art Museum; Singapore National Museum; Cincinnati Art Museum.
Exhibitions: several overseas, mainly USA, and Japan.
Tanaka is recognised as one of Japan’s most important contemporary etching masters. He is so well known that he signs his prints simply with the initial of his surname and then his given name – T. Ryohei. His prints usually portray charming scenes of thatched farmhouses, country lanes, bamboo groves, shrine entrances, and beautiful trees. His idyllic villages capture a picturesque Japanese countryside that is fast disappearing, and his prints are therefore all the more appreciated by those who wish that the traditional life of Japan could be preserved for ever. He finds his pastoral subjects in the surroundings of western Honshu where he lives, much of it teetering on the brink of extinction as urban development takes over. He is also inspired by the temples and shrines of Kyoto and has produced a series of prints on that theme. Tanaka insists that all of his etchings are of real places, and each beckons us to visit so we can share the artist’s pleasure. As with many traditional Japanese artists the seasons are very important to Tanaka, and although almost all of his output is in black and white, some of his recent prints have shown trees in glorious
Title: Gunge's Alley - SOLD OUT
Date: 1993
Medium: Etching
Edition: 150
Image size: 21 x 17cm
Title: Persimmon and Snow - SOLD OUT
Date: 2006
Medium: Etching
Edition: 100
Image size: 30 x 39cm
Title: Akutagawa zutsumi River Bank - SOLD OUT
Date: 2003
Medium: Etching
Edition: 100
Image size: 23 x 51cm
Title: Pampas Grass (2) - SOLD OUT
Date: 2012
Medium: Etching
Edition: 50
Image size: 28 x 46cm
Title: Warayane (Thatched Roof) No.24 - Rare Print - SOLD OUT
Date: 1975
Medium: Etching
Edition: 100
Image size: 27 x 46cm
Title: Namiki (Roadside Trees)- Very Rare Print - SOLD OUT
Date: 1973
Medium: Etching
Edition: 100
Image size: 55 x 55 cm framed
Title: Around a Veranda - SOLD OUT
Date: 2013
Medium: Etching
Edition: 50
Image size: 24 x 39cm
Title: Autumn Temple - SOLD OUT
Date: 2008
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Edition: 100
Image size: 51 x 51 cm framed
Title: Ono - SOLD OUT
Date: 2012
Medium: Etching
Edition: 50
Image size: 40 x 52 cm framed
Title: Shirakawa River - SOLD OUT
Date: 1991
Medium: Etching
Edition: 150
Image size: 10 x 10 cm
Title: Wachi 03 - SOLD OUT
Date: 2004
Medium: Etching
Edition: 100
Image size: 30 x 40 cm
Title: Washigamine
Date: 1992
Medium: Etching
Edition: 130
Image size: 26 x 35 cm
Title: Washing Day - SOLD OUT
Date: 1994
Medium: Etching
Edition: 150
Image size: 17 x 21 cm
Title: Mountain Village in Tamba
Date: 2013
Medium: Etching
Edition: 50
Image size: 12 x 9 cm
Title: Shimbashi Bridge
Date: 2006
Medium: Etching
Edition: 150
Image size: 19 x 19
Title: Seattle (1)
Date: 1987
Medium: Etching
Edition: 130
Image size: 29 x 24
Title: Seattle (2)
Date: 1987
Medium: Etching
Edition: 130
Image size: 20 x 36 cm
Title: Ruined Farmhouse (5) - SOLD OUT
Date: 1975
Medium: Etching
Edition: 100
Image size: 30 x 38.5 cm
Title: Stonehouse - SOLD OUT
Date: 1987
Medium: Etching
Edition: 150
Image size: 20.5 x 17 cm
Title: Makino Beach
Date: 2006
Medium: Etching
Edition: 100
Image size: 51.5 x 23 cm
Title: Cameillia
Date: 2012
Medium: Etching with aquatint
Edition: 50
Image size: 20.5 x 17 cm
