Kamal Bakhshi Modern Asian Art is a London based dealer of Modern Asian Art. Specialising in the work of Japanese artists Bakhshi’s catalogue ranges from masterpieces by the likes of Toko Shinoda, Daniel Kelly, and Kazuko Shiihashi, to contemporary print-works by Ray Morimura, Kazutoshi Sugiura and Ryohei Tanaka. Kamal Bakhshi Modern Asian Art also offer a range of museum quality woodblock prints by master printmakers: Yoshitoshi Mori, Sadao Watanabe and Iwami Reika.

ARTISTS

Mori Yoshitoshi

Japanese artist who specialized in ‘kappazuri’ stencil prints. He was for many years a member of the Mingeiifolk craft movement, producing stencil-dyed textiles and other textiles arts before turning to prints later in his career.His colorful works generally depict scenes from the kabuki theatre, or subjects related to folk traditions and festivals. Art collector…

Rikio Takahashi

Rikio Takahashi was one Japan’s prominent sōsaku hanga artists. Combining the influences of abstract Modern art of the West and the traditional subjects of his native Japan – namely the gardens of Kyoto – Takahashi’s delicately overlaid designs create an atmosphere of stillness and balance inspired by the changing of the seasons and subtleties…

Mayumi Oda

Known to many as the ‘Matisse of Japan’, Mayumi Oda has done extensive work with female goddess imagery. Born to a Buddhist family in Japan in 1941, Mayumi studied fine art and traditional Japanese fabric dyeing. In 1966, she graduated from Tokyo University of Fine Arts. Mayumi’s unique apprenticeship dyeing fabric for kimonos influences…

Imamura Yoshio

Imamura Yoshio was born in the Japanese Alps of Nagano Prefecture where he grew up “in a humble dwelling at the bottom of a valley.” Remaining in the area, Imamura now owns a studio in Iida City where he works as a graphic designer and an independent artist…