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Otsuka, Hisashi - Original signed and numbered mixed media print

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Otsuka, Hisashi - Original signed and numbered mixed media print
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ARTIST: Hisashi Otsuka
TITLE: Unknown
MEDIUM: Original mixed media print with embossing
SIZE: 24 5/8 x 30 ½ (sheet)
EDITION: from the edition of 10800
CONDITION: EXCELLENT

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Japanese – American -
Hisashi Otsuka is an artist of remarkable dedication, like the samurai in many of his paintings on fabric. Schooled in Zen and the martial arts, he has lived and worked by the warrior’s code of discipline and duty. Rooted in Japanese tradition, yet adventurous in nature, he is known throughout the world for his boldness of color and a style that marks him as truly unique.
Otsuka developed his painstakingly precise technique during a ten-year apprenticeship to master kimono designer, Tateo Jo. His transition from artisan to acclaimed artist began when a famous Japanese singer framed one of Otsuka's hand-painted kimonos.
Otsuka came to Hawaii (the West ) in 1979. Until that time his painting had been historical in subject and theme. Now it has emerged from the past in ways that are bold and exciting.
Otsuka’s work today is a powerful balance of ancient Eastern techniques and modern Western ideas. He has perfect color memory and sense. His time-honored poets and warriors, kabuki figures, ukiyo-e women, and elegant calligraphy are steeped in the classical past. Yet in color and composition, his work achieves a vigorous, contemporary context. Monumental in scope and meticulous in detail, it offers a total aesthetic of heroic and subtle impact at once.
In his brilliant neo-deco style, Otsuka’s compositions have evolved to a decorative elegance. Otsuka’s art has achieved an important transition: a cross-cultural excellence that not only appeals to East and West artistically, but also brings them together in understanding. This, after all, is Otsuka’s personal mission, and he pursues it with splendid dedication.
In New York, London, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Hawaii, Otsuka’s one-man shows have earned the highest praise. His international prominence increases year by year, making him truly a dominant force on the world art scene. To Otsuka, life and art create each other. He, the master, the warrior, devotes himself to the fabric of both, wielding his brush like a sword.