
Biography
Tatsuo Kawashima (川島達雄, born 1940) is a Japanese woodblock print artist who creates landscape compositions using traditional mokuhanga techniques. His prints depict the Japanese countryside, mountains, and coastal scenes, rendered with the atmospheric sensitivity that water-based woodblock printing encourages. Kawashima is a dedicated practitioner of the mokuhanga tradition whose work reflects a lifelong engagement with the Japanese landscape. His prints are available through Japanese galleries.
Key Facts
- Active Period
- 1940
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
- 18
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Tatsuo Kawashima known for?
Tatsuo Kawashima (川島達雄, born 1940) is a Japanese woodblock print artist who creates landscape compositions using traditional mokuhanga techniques. His prints depict the Japanese countryside, mountains, and coastal scenes, rendered with the atmospheric sensitivity that water-based woodblock printing encourages. Kawashima is a dedicated practitioner of the mokuhanga tradition whose work reflects a lifelong engagement with the Japanese landscape. His prints are available through Japanese galleries.
When was Tatsuo Kawashima active?
Tatsuo Kawashima was active born in 1940. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.
What artistic movements influenced Tatsuo Kawashima?
Tatsuo Kawashima's work was shaped by the Contemporary Mokuhanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Contemporary Mokuhanga: Contemporary mokuhanga (literally "wood-block print") encompasses artists working from approximately 1970 to the present who continue or reinvent traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques.
Where can I see Tatsuo Kawashima's original prints?
Original prints by Tatsuo Kawashima can be found in collections including Art Institute of Chicago, Japanese Art Open Database, wbp.
Woodblock Prints by Tatsuo Kawashima (18)

Village of Ohara (Ohara no sato)
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 74/100

Winter in Okusaga (Fuyu no Okusaga)
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 72/100

Spring in the Capital (Haru rakuchu)
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 74/100

Summer Breeze
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 73/100

Kawashima Tatsuo (1939- )
Woodblock print

Winter in Miyama
Woodblock print

Autumn in Kyoto
Woodblock print

Kyoto Hokuraku
Woodblock print

Spring Blooming
Woodblock print

Village of Yuge
Woodblock print

Spring in the Countryside
Woodblock print

Early Summer
Woodblock print

Rakuhoku in Kyoto
Woodblock print

Untitled (tatsuo-kawashima)
Woodblock print

Untitled (tatsuo-kawashima)
Woodblock print

Untitled (tatsuo-kawashima)
Woodblock print

Untitled (tatsuo-kawashima)
Woodblock print

Untitled (tatsuo-kawashima)
Woodblock print