HAKU MAKI (1924-2000) 

Haku Maki (1924 – 2000) was a Japanese artist of the second half of the 20th century.   He first made his name and his living by producing prints featuring Chinese characters (kanji).  His life as an artist dates from the mid-1950s, when the earliest known Maki prints began appearing.

Haku Maki was born in Aso-machi in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1924, as Maejima Tadaaki. In the late 1950s, he selected the name Haku Maki to show his humility and self-styled confusion.   If translated literally, “Maki” is Roll, “Haku” is White.