For forty years Kazuyuki Ohtsu (Japanese, b.
They are what you feel when you stop and pay attention and simply let your surroundings sink in..
The more than fifty images presented in this book convey a sense of the universe slowed down, of moments when things come together in a fine stillness and life aligns.
Ohtsu\'s prints are poetic contemplations, drawing us into lovely, tranquil scenes of natural beauty and harmony.
What Ohtsu created under his own name is a fascinating blend of old and new, a reinvigoration of traditional topics with contemporary techniques.
Eventually, he began making his own prints.
Ohtsu seemed content to stay in the background as their relationship deepened.
Saito and Ohtsu worked as a team, if an unequal one. 1935) served as assistant to Kiyoshi Saito, a woodblock artist at the forefront of the sosaku hanga movement and a man Ohtsu revered as "Master." Breaking with the traditional division of labor practiced by the shin hanga (new prints) artists, the sosaku hanga (creative prints) artists handled every step of production-painting the original pictures, carving the woodblocks, and printing the images.
For forty years Kazuyuki Ohtsu (Japanese, b
