Seiichi Hiroshima
Seiichi Hiroshima is a master printmaker and print artist living and working in Tokyo, Japan. He has printed for Rick Bartow and James Lavadour, among others. For his own work, Hiroshima primarily uses the color mezzotint process, using a rocker to create a rich textured surface from which he burnishes and scrapes his image, producing a velvety quality. His poetic images of maple leaves, cherry blossoms, crows, frogs and other creatures, often set against a kimono textile-like background, portray an important connection to traditional Japanese art and culture, often, referencing the great Japanese 20th century mezzotint master, Yozo Hamaguchi.
RELATED MEZZOTINT LINKS:
Contemporary Mezzotint Exhibition - June 2011
Daniel Carrillo,
Sean Caulfield,
Konstantin Chmutin,
Stuart Duffin,
James Groleau,
Yozo Hamaguchi,
Katsunori Hamanishi,
Seiichi Hiroshima,
Peter Jogo,
Robert Kipniss,
Martin Langford,
Carrie Lingscheit,
Frederick Mershimer,
Julie Niskanen,
Atsuo Sakazume,
Takahiro Sato,
Laurent Schkolnyk,
Tim Smith,
Kouki Tsuritani,
Mikio Watanabe,
Carol Wax,
Art Werger,
Cleo Wilkinson
Recent arrivals

Autumn Rain, 2011
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3 x 3-1/4 inches.
$250
Amago, 2011
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
4 x 12-1/4 inches.
$500
Mantis Goes, 2011
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches.
$300
Playing Mantis, 2011
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
9-1/2 x 2 inches.
$300
Praying Mantis, 2011
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
8-1/2 x 3 inches.
$300
November Moon, 2011
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
14 x 7-3/4 inches.
$650
Additional works

Erin’s Crabs, 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3-3/4 x 4 inches.
$250
For Siletz, 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3 x 3-3/4 inches.
$250
Karasu (Crow) in a Sunset, 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3 x 3-3/4 inches.
$250
Takenoko - Yama (Bamboo Mountain), 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3-3/4 x 3 inches.
$250
Yamame - Kiyotsugawa (Cherry Salmon - a River in the Center of Honshu), 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
4-1/2 x 12 inches.
$500
Iwana - Nakatsugawa (Char - a River in Central Honshu), 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
4-1/2 x 12 inches.
$500
Salmon - a (refers to His Mouth Open, Saying Ah), 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
7-1/2 x 14 inches.
$500
Salmon - Hum (refers to His Mouth Closed, Like He’s Mmm), 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
7-1/2 x 14 inches.
$500
Kan-Tsubaki (Winter Camellia), 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches.
$200
One Spring Evening, 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3 x 3-1/4 inches.
$250
Yozakura (Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Night), 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 28.
12-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches.
$500
Dragonfly - Kyoto, 2010
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
5-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches.
$300
Katsuragawa/For Sjoerd, 2009
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
2-1/2 x 7 inches.
$300
Tombo (dragonfly) - Kirifuri, 2009
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
4 x 4-1/2 inches.
$300
58 + 1 Karasu, 2008
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3-3/4 x 12-1/4 inches.
$500
Katasumuri (snail)/One Rainy Day, 2007
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
6-3/4 x 10-1/2 inches.
$300
Early Morning Rain, 2007
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3 x 9-1/4 inches.
$300
Two Katasumuri (two Snails), 2007
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
4-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches.
$250
Umigame (turtle)/Going Home, 2007
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
10-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches.
$300
Akatombo (Red Dragonflies)/Summer of ’85 Sugadaira, 2007
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
8 x 1-1/2 inches.
$300
Yadokari (hermit Crab)/Moving, 2007
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
5 x 3-1/4 inches.
$250
Takenoko (bamboo Shoots), 2006
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
4 x 5-3/4 inches.
$300
Kaeru (frogs), 2006
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
10-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches.
$300
Kani (crab)/Summer of ’86 Matsuzaki, 2006
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
8-1/4 x 1-1/4 inches.
$300
Printemps - for Jim Dine, 2006
Mezzotint. Edition of 25.
3-3/4 x 3 inches.
$250


