Floating World Gallery

Keiko Minami (1911–2004) was a prominent Japanese printmaker, specializing in etchings. She is known for her delicate, fairytale-like imagery, which often features girls, birds, trees, and castles. These works are characterized by intricate line work and a soft, whimsical aesthetic.

She initially studied oil painting and developed a passion for children's stories and poetry. After meeting the mezzotint artist Yozo Hamaguchi who she later married, she moved to Paris with him in 1953. There, she studied aquatint etching at the Johnny Friedlaender Print Institute.

Here are two original works to our website.

This is our best auction ever! We have a Great Wave and sixteen other designs from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series in our March 13 Grand Auction of Japanese Woodblock Print Masterpieces. For the first time in over five years, we are having a live, video-streamed auction. Click the link in our bio to preview.

FEATURED PRINT OF THE WEEK

We are featuring a single print for a week, unless it sells sooner, at a substantial discount. The current featured print is Flowering Kale, 1953, by Fujio Yoshida.

View print:

https://floatingworld.com/product/flowering-kale/

Take a deeper dive into the print, the artist, and historical context at this link:

https://floatingworld.com/flowering-kale-a-deeper-dive/

WHAT’S NEW AT FLOATING WORLD GALLERY? - A COURTESAN TRIPTYCH BY YOSH*TOSHI

We recently added 40 new items to our website, including Tsukioka Yosh*toshi’s Spring, from his triptych series The Four Seasons at their Height, 1884.

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