Miki, Suizan (1887 - 1957 )

Suizan Miki (né Saiichiro Miki) was a nihonga painter and print designer active during the early 19th century. Born in Kinashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Suizan studied nihonga (Japanese-style painting) with Seiho Takeuchi between 1903 and 1913. He actively exhibited his paintings in the state-sponsored exhibitions such as Bunten in 1913, and later Teiten and Shin-Bunten. He developed a reputation as a painter of bijin-ga, or “pictures of beautiful women.” Between 1924 and 1925, Suizan completed a total of 14 Shin Hanga style prints for the Kyoto-based publisher Shotaro Sato. The first installment of Selection of Noted Places in Kyoto captured landscapes, while the second series of the same name focused on beauties. All of these works appeared in the historic 1930 Toledo exhibition of Shin Hanga. In 1932, the Teiten exhibition recognized Suizan’s skill as a painter, giving him the status of mukansa, meaning that Suizan did not have to follow the usual application process for the state-sponsored exhibition. Between 1952 and 1957, Suizan traveled to the United States and exhibited his paintings. Today, Miki's paintings and prints can be found in esteemed museums worldwide.

Shin Hanga | Pre-WWII Japanese Prints

By the beginning of the 20th century the social fabric of Japan was radically altered and ukiyo-e was falling fast into oblivion. Surprisingly, it was under the stimulus of the Western art world that the spirit of ukiyo-e was reborn through the Shin Hanga or “new print” movement. The discovery of the powerful impact of ukiyo-e print masters on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists inspired a new generation of Japanese print artists who revived distinctly Japanese subject matter through modern eyes. International excitement for ukiyo-e paved the way for these artists to create woodblock prints with the same dignity, perfection and genius as the masters of the Edo period. As artists such as Goyo, Kotondo and Shinsui revived bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) and Hasui and Yoshida reinterpreted the landscape of Japan, Shin Hanga reasserted the principal genres of ukiyo-e with a renewed vigor. Browse our collection of Shin Hanga and other pre-war Japanese artworks today.

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  • Bakufu
  • Goyo
  • Hasui
  • Hoson
  • Ikeda, Zuigetsu
  • Inuzuka, Taisui
  • Kanpo
  • Keibun
  • Kiyoshi
  • Kiyotada IV
  • Kogyo
  • Koitsu
  • Koson
  • Kotondo
  • Kuzuhara, Teru
  • Morikane
  • Murakami, Sadao
  • Nakayama, Shuko
  • Nishimura, Hodo
  • Okada, Koichi
  • Okumura, Koichi
  • Rakusan (Rakuzan)
  • Shin'ei
  • Shinsui
  • Shiro
  • Shoson
  • Shoun
  • Shuho
  • Chigusa, Soun
  • Sozan
  • Tadamasa
  • Taniguchi, Kokyo
  • Tatsumi
  • Toyonari
  • Uehara, Konen
  • Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy
  • Bartlett, Charles
  • Keith, Elizabeth
  • Foujita, Tsuguharu
  • Hyde, Helen
  • Ide, Gakusui
  • Ishiwata, Koitsu
  • Ito, Yuhan
  • Jacoulet, Paul
  • Kotozuka, Eiichi
  • Lum, Bertha
  • Miki, Suizan
  • Miller, Lilian
  • Oda, Kazuma
  • Okuyama, Gihachiro
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Seiler, Willy
  • Ashikaga, Shizuo
  • Kawarazaki, Shodo
  • Shotei (aka Hiroaki)
  • Mori, Shuncho
  • Natori, Shunsen
  • Takane, Koko
  • Ito, Takashi
  • Takeshita, Kin-u
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Yoshida, Hiroshi
  • Yoshida, Toshi

Subject

  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Moon & Night
  • Portraits

Period

  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Moon at Nijo Castle

Miki, Suizan

Moon at Nijo Castle

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