Iwao Akiyama

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Iwao Akiyama _250 - Peaceful Bull
#250 - Peaceful Ox , 1979
Woodblock Print
18 x 24 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _289 - Flying Birds
#289 - Flying Birds , 1990
Woodblock Print
24.5 x 19.75 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _381 - Meditation
#381 - Meditation , 1990
Woodblock Print
24 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _390 - Baby
#390 - Baby , 1976
Woodblock Print
12 x 12 in
$500
Iwao Akiyama 398 Winter is Coming
#398 Winter is Coming , 1986
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _398 - Winter is Coming
#398 - Winter is Coming , 1986
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _408 Family
#408 Family , 1979
Woodblock Print
12 x 18 in
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Iwao Akiyama _408 - Family
#408 - Family , 1979
Woodblock Print
12 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _415 - Child of the Woods
#415 - Child of the Woods , 1981
Woodblock Print
18 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _421 - Play
#421 - Play , 1986
Woodblock Print
17.5 x 13 in
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Iwao Akiyama _426 - Brothers
#426 - Brothers , 1974
Woodblock Print
18 x 24 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _4-27 Horse in Spring
#427 Horse in Spring , 1974
Woodblock Print
18.5 x 12.5 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _430 - Professor
#430 - Professor , 1977
Woodblock Print
24 x 18 in
Iwao Akiyama _434 - Pioneer of the Soul
#434 - Pioneer of the Soul , 1979
Woodblock Print
24 x 18 in
$850
Iwao Akiyama _441 - Wind Blowing
#441 - Wind Blowing , 1983
Woodblock Print
16 x 10.5 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _470 - Lazy Day
#470 - Lazy Day , 1979
Woodblock Print
18 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _471 Brothers
#471 Brothers , 1981
Woodblock Print
12 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _472 - Cats in Love
#472 - Cats in Love , 1984
Woodblock Print
18 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _485 - Play with Birds
#485 - Play with Birds , 1973
Woodblock Print
8 x 6 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _524 - Warrior
#524 - Warrior , 1982
Woodblock Print
12 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _545 Grace
#545 Grace , 1990
Woodblock Print
18 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _546 - Moonbeams
#546 - Moonbeams , 1973
Woodblock Print
24 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _549 - Daydreaming
#549 - Daydreaming , 1981
Woodblock Print
23 x 16 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _556 - Guardian Spirit
#556 - Guardian Spirit , 1972
Woodblock Print
24 x 11.5 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _55 - Dreaming of Home
#55 - Dreaming of Home , 1979
Woodblock Print
18 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _582 Hibuse Kannon
#582 Hibuse Kannon , 1976
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _63 Fall is coming and I am happy
#63 Fall is coming and I am happy , 1979
Woodblock Print
18 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _63 - Fall is Coming and I am Happy
#63 - Fall is Coming and I am Happy , 1979
Woodblock Print
18 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _680 - Sky is Falling
#680 - Sky is Falling , 1993
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-04 - Cringing Kitty
#686-04 - Cringing Kitty , 1994
Woodblock Print
9 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686.16 We Tease You
#686-16 We Tease You , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-18 - In A Hurry
#686-18 - In A Hurry , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686.19 Assasin
#686-19 Assasin , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-25 - Rival in Love
#686-25 - Rival in Love , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-26 - Patience
#686-26 - Patience , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-30 - Close to Mom
#686-30 - Close to Mom , 1994
Woodblock Print
9 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-77 Cool Cats
#686-77 Cool Cats , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-77 Cool Cats
#686-77 Cool Cats
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-79 - Black Kitten
#686-79 - Black Kitten , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-80 I am happy
#686-80 I am happy
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
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Iwao Akiyama _686-80 I am happy
#686-80 I am happy , 1994
Woodblock Print
9 x 12 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-87 - Who_s Back There
#686-87 - Who's Back There , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _686-89 - The Competitor
#686-89 - The Competitor , 2002
Woodblock Print
12 x 9 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama Three Cats
#686-99 Colorful Cats , 1994
Woodblock Print
24 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _691 A Wishpered Talk
#691 - A Whispered Talk , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _692 Can You Bite My Tail
#692 Can You Bite My Tail , 1994
Woodblock Print
12 x 18 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _697 - Tough Guy
#697 - Tough Guy , 1994
Woodblock Print
18 x 24 in
SOLD
Iwao Akiyama _706 - Prepared for Take-Off
#706 - Prepared for Take-Off , 1996
Woodblock Print
14 x 17 in
SOLD
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Iwao Akiyama

Iwao Akiyama

Iwao Akiyama Biography

Iwao Akiyama born March 21, in 1921 in a small village in Oita prefecture. At the age of 8 he received drawing lessons by a Buddhist monk, later graduating from the school of Taiheiyogakai in 1956. Trained in oil painting, the young artist turned to woodblock printmaking when he met Shiko Munakata. Akiyama studied with him from 1959 to 1965. The influence of his master on his style is evident.

 The artist is famous for creating woodcut images of both animals and human figures, usually rendered in a somewhat whimsical and naive-seeming fashion. Another hallmark is the use of relatively coarse folk-papers which reveal bits of brown bark from the mulberry bush.

Often, Akiyama evokes innocence and playfulness in his designs, giving an owl or other animals human attributes. Some prints will incorporate philosophical haiku poems. Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) was a revered itinerant Zen Buddhist monk, whose work is often included in Akiyama's prints. One might see the calligraphy of these poems boldly presented with a lonely priest climbing a hill, a humorous bull, or a pensive nude maiden

 

 

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