The first woodcut print of Hiroshi Nagai
has come together with traditional woodcut printing techniques!
Hiroshi Nagai 「Time goes by ...」
Hiroshi Nagai
Hiroshi Nagai was born in Tokushima City in 1947.
After working as a graphic designer, he has been active as an illustrator since 1976.
Nagai draws tropical and clear landscapes represented by record jackets such as Eiichi Otaki's "A LONG VACATION" and "NIAGARA SONG BOOK."
Eiichi Otaki's album jacket "A LONG VACATION" won a gold disc as a special album jacket award from CBS Sony.
In September 2020, an exhibition of Nagai's works was held in Sydney, Australia.
Due to the worldwide popularity of "City Pop," especially in the 1980s, Nagai continues to actively hold exhibitions. He is known as a “music lover” and is also active as a DJ.
Nagai's woodcut prints with beautiful vivid colors unique to woodcut prints
Creating "bokashi" gradation of colors on the woodblock with a small brush
Printed individually, each print displays the vivid colors
Hiroshi Nagai 「Time goes by...」
Endless blue sky and sea. A poolside flooded with sunlight. Hiroshi Nagai is a popular illustrator who has colored various scenes with designs for posters, advertisements, and record and CD jackets represented by the jacket for Eiichi Otaki's "A Long Vacation," a masterpiece of Japanese pop history that is still loved today.
Nagai's representative work "Time goes by..." has now been completed as a woodcut print by the printers and carvers at the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints. Utilizing the texture of Japanese paper that is unique to woodcut printing and expressing the transparency of the blue sky by making full use of “bokashi” color gradation that is a characteristic technique of traditional woodcuts, the prints are full of the appeal of woodcuts that are different from other types of prints.
- Limited Edition:
- 100 (50/100 are sold by Adachi)
- Dimension of picture:
- 27.0×31.1 cm
- Dimension of frame:
- 39.5×42.5 cm Original Frame
- Specification of frame:
- Approx. 1.0kg, wood, acrylic resin
- Type of print:
- Ukiyo-e style woodcut print
- Paper used:
- Echizen Kizuki Hosho Washi made by Ichibei Iwano, a Living National Treasure
- Date of publication:
- April 2022
- Supervision
- GALLERY TARGET
The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing - Production:
- The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints
- Delivery:
- Delivery will begin from the early September 2022
Nagai Hiroshi "Time goes by ..."
This edition will be sold to customers selected by drawing lots.
If you wish to purchase the work, please enter the drawing during the following period.
We will notify you with the results of the drawing.
Entry Period:August 26 (noon) – August 29 (noon), 2022 (Japan Time)
*Entering a drawing is limited to only one product per customer.
Please note that customers who select more than one will be excluded from the drawing.
Framed price 265,000yen (excluding tax)