Haku Maki 巻 白 (Japanese, 1924-2000) was born as Maejima Tadaaki in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan in 1924. He was a teacher until WWII and had no formal art education. After the war, he studied printmaking in Tokyo with artists of sōsaku hanga, especially Onchi Kôshirô. His early works were reflective of his mentors’ woodblock styles. In the early 1960s, Haku Maki began developing his signature subjects and techniques. He experimented with embossing, manipulating textures with concrete, and printing with oil-based pigments. Now, he is famed for the unique texture of his prints, primarily depicting Chinese calligraphy and ceramics.  A master of modern Japanese abstract printmaking, Maki's work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the British Museum, and many others.