THE TOLMAN COLLECTION OF NEW YORK

Since the Olympics are taking place in Tokyo this summer, and the global TV watching audience is learning about Japan, it seems fitting to reflect on one of the most Japanese of the Japanese artists whom I represent. Takahashi Hiromitsu (b.1959) has made it his life’s goal to perpetuate the traditional kappazuri printing technique. These days, when everything is homogenized, his work stands out. From the intensity of a battle scene to the bursts of color in the sky during a f

TAKAHASHI Hiromitsu is one of the artists with whom the Tolman Collection has an exclusivity contract, and for whom he has produced some 300 beautiful editions over the years. His representative prints are in the tradition of the legendary artist MORI Yoshitoshi and he is, as we often refer to him, the last of the Kappazuri stencil masters. His prints are vivid pieces depicting exciting moments in Kabuki plays, often actors wearing gorgeous costumes striking over the top pose