Born: 1933
Selected works, Biography, Chronology, Collections
![]() |
![]() |
| An
Entrance No. 1 1993 124/150 |
Barge
Pool No. 3 1978 25/100 |
![]() |
![]() |
| Daytime
at a Beach 2008 11/100 |
Kawakubo No.
2 1991 106/150 |
![]() |
![]() |
| Kurama
Road 1996 38/150 |
Kyoto No.
19: Gion 1998 135/150 |
![]() |
![]() |
| Kyoto
No. 30: Ninnaji-Temple 2000 66/150 |
Orange
Tree 2008 43/100 |
![]() |
![]() |
| Roofs
of Kurama Road 1994 55/120 |
Season
of Fallen Leaves No. 3 1990 132/150 |
![]() |
![]() |
| Sogabe
No. 2 1995 76/150 |
Spring
Village No. 2 2005 18/100 |
![]() |
![]() |
| Summer Day
No. 5 1989 118/150 |
Summer Day
No. 6 1992 55/150 |
![]() |
![]() |
| Tachikui 2000 52/100 |
Takafune 2004 37/100 |
![]() |
|
| Washing
Day No. 2 2007 42/100 |
|
In 1963, when he was well beyond school age, Tanaka started his career under Furuno-sensei. What lured Tanaka into the arts was the medium: etching. Unlike many of his peers, Tanaka knew what he wanted to depict: the world in which he came from and lived and in particular where man and nature combined. His minutely accurate etchings focus on thatched-roof farmhouses and threadlike tree branches that are quickly disappearing from the Japanese landscape. Human figures play almost no part in Tanaka’s works, but they are implied at every turn. Their absence, along with his color selection of umber, black, greenish gray tones provide a sense of quiet and distance. What grabs Tanaka as an artist also grabs us: the use of etching to bring life and spirit to a place of habitation – a place that we may call our own.
| 1933 |
Born in Takatusuki City, Osaka |
| 1963 |
Studied etching with Professor Furuno Yoshio |
| 1966 |
Started exhibiting with JPA and became a regular member in 1973 |
| 1967 to present |
Intermittent solo shows, Yamada Gallery, Kyoto |
| 1971 |
Kansai Kokugakai show, New Talent Prize |
| 1971, 1981,1983, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1999 |
Solo show, Yoseido Gallery, Toyko |
| 1972 |
Kokugakai show, Top Prize |
| 1974, 1977 |
Solo show, Hendricks Gallery, Maryland |
| 1979 |
Traveling exhibition of modern Japanese prints, Peking and Shanghai |
| 1980, 1987, 1997 |
Solo show, Azuma Gallery, Wahsington |
| 1984 to present |
Solo show, Gilbert Luber Gallery, Pennsylvania |
| 1987 to present |
Solo show, Tolman Collection |
| 1990 |
Group show, Retretti Are Centre, Finland |
| 1992 |
Traveling solo show, Azuma Gallery, Washington; Verne Collection, Ohio |
| 1992, 1997 | Solo show, Ren Brown Collection, California |
| 1998 | Solo show, Nantenso Gallery, Kobe |
| 2000 | Solo show, Art Shop Ezoshi, Kyoto |
Fogg Museum, Harvard University
Archenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts
Cincinnati Art Museum
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Cleveland Museum
Singapore National Museum
Joseph H. Hirshorn collection
International Graphic Art Society in New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Honolulu Academy of Art
Museum of Japanese Culture, Florida
Portland Museum of Art
David Rockefeller Collection