Kotobuki

Arts of Asia

1997

Hamanishi Katsunori
Japanese, born 1949

Throughout his long and distinguished career Hamanishi Katsunori has focused on making mezzotint prints, which are characteristically dark and atmospheric. Artists create this effect by starting with a roughened plate surface that prints as a solid black background. They then use a series of burnishers and scrapers to shape the image in negative. Much of Hamanishi’s subject matter is drawn from everyday objects, including this new year’s decoration marked with the character kotobuki (long life).

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori
Title: Kotobuki
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1997
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: 40 × 36 cm (15 3/4 × 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Ninion and Sheldon Landy
Reference Number: 2013.101

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