Japan

Takahashi Hiromitsu was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1959, Hiromitsu graduated from Nihon University in 1981. An obvious successor to the Ukiyo-e artists of the Edo period in his choice of subject his methods and style show the strong influence of Yoshitoshi Mori, a stencil print artist.

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Hiromitsu is often referred to as the stensil print master. He carves his image onto a waterproof stensil ‘paper’ and colour is applied through the stensil onto paper.

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Watch Marjorie explain in video “Stencil and Photography”