NAKAZAWA SHINICHI
Intaglio – etching. Born 1956 Tokyo. Rikkyo University and self-taught.
Permanent Collecitons: Cincinatti Art Museum ; Rockefeller Foundation, New York; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia; Bayerische Landesbank, Tokyo. Solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka, Gunma, Chiba, Japan and London, Singapore, Thailand.
Nakazawa combines etching with stunning overlays of gold, silver, or platinum leaf, sometimes oxidised. His compositions are mainly blocks of these overlays often accompanied by Japanese classic writing. His philosophy is simply to create order and balance in a given limited space, taking a traditional theme to a modern conclusion. His inspiration comes from the highly decorative screen of Sotasu, a seventeenth century Japanese artist who used traditional Japanese style painting to illustrate an accompanying text.
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ancient Shadow VI NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ancient Shadow VI](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/210-167x180.jpg)
Title: Ancient Shadow VI - SOLD OUT
Date: 2000
Medium: Etching/gold leaf
Edition: 50
Image size: 26 x 24cm
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Yatsuhashi IX NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Yatsuhashi IX](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/39-180x178.jpg)
Title: Yatsuhashi IX - SOLD OUT
Date: Early 2000s
Medium: Etching/gold leaf
Edition: 25
Image size: 40 x 40cm
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Yatsuhashi X NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Yatsuhashi X](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/49-180x180.jpg)
Title: Yatsuhashi X
Date: Early 2000s
Medium: Etching/silver leaf
Edition: 25
Image size: 40 x 40cm
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Dream NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Dream](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nakazawa-Dream-copy-143x180.jpg)
Title: Dream - SOLD OUT
Date: 1989
Medium: Etching/gold leaf
Edition: 75
Image size: 23 x 21.5
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ancient Shadow V NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ancient Shadow V](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nakazawa-Ancient-Shadow-V-New-169x180.jpg)
Title: Ancient Shadow V - SOLD OUT
Date: 2000
Medium: Etching/silver leaf
Edition: 50
Image size: 26 x 24cm
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ratio XIX NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ratio XIX](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Nakazawa-Ratio-XIX-83x180.jpg)
Title: Ratio XIX - SOLD OUT
Date: c1990
Medium: Etching/gold leaf
Edition: 25
Image size: 49 x 10cm
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ratio XX NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Ratio XX](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Ratio-XX-2-65x180.jpg)
Title: Ratio XX
Date: c1990
Medium: Etching/gold land coppereaf
Edition: 25
Image size: 50 x 10 cm
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Yatsuhashi XII NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Yatsuhashi XII](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Yatsuhashi-XII-2-180x168.jpg)
Title: Yatsuhashi XII - SOLD OUT
Date: c1990
Medium: Etching/silver leaf
Edition: 25
Image size: 43 cm diameter image
![NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Echoes IV NAKAZAWA SHINICHI: Echoes IV](http://hangaten.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Echoes-IV-2-152x180.jpg)
Title: Echoes IV
Date: c1990
Medium: Etching/silver leaf
Edition: 35
Image size: 36 x 32 cm