Woodblock. Born 1949 Tokyo. Musashino University of Fine Arts. Studied with woodblock print masters Hoshi Joichi and Sasajima Kihei. Kaneko has held several exhibitions in Tokyo, Kyoto, Chiba, Kanagawa, Okinawa Japan and in New York and Seoul, Korea.

Kaneko's woodblocks are pressed by using the traditional style baren, or a handheld disc-like tool with a flat bottom, often wrapped in a bamboo sheath, and not by a pressing machine. Kaneko's recurring themes are the traditional Mount Fuji, Japanese fans, kimonos, and tabi (white socks worn with kimono). His compositions are often combined with embossing a gold or silver leaf, and at times using exquisite kimono material as background. His most recent works are of beautiful koi, or Japanese carp, in which he uses the natural wood grain as ripples in water.

Title: Run Run Run
Date: 2009
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 150
Image size: 23 x 45cm





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Title: Sensu 23
Date: 2006
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 100
Image size: 10 x 16cm





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Title: Dance,Dance,Dance
Date: 2008
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: AP/150
Image size: 23 x 23cm





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Title: Doobie Doobie Doo
Date: 2011
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 151
Image size: 23 x 66cm





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Title: Go, Go Koinobori (Boy) also available in Red (Girl)
Date: 2009
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 251
Image size: 9 x 14cm





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Title: Go!
Date: 2009
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 151
Image size: 29 x 22cm





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Title: Happi Girl 2
Date: 2004
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 100
Image size: 13 x 14cm





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Title: La, La, La
Date: 2008
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 150
Image size: 18 x 27cm





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Title: Little Comet
Date: 2006
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 200
Image size: 12 x 10cm





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Title: Swing, Swing, Swing
Date: 2008
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 150
Image size: 28 x 17cm





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Title: Whisper, Whisper 2
Date: 2004
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: AP/150
Image size: 33 x 15cm





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Title: Whisper, Whisper 3
Date: 2005
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: AP
Image size: 17 x 27cm





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Title: Whisper, Whisper 7
Date: 2010
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 151
Image size: Diameter 25cm





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Title: Whisper, Whisper 8
Date: 2011
Medium: Woodblock
Edition: 151
Image size: 44cm x 28cm





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