Maki Haku (1924–2000) is the artistic name of Maejima Tadaaki, who was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. He was a sōsaku-hanga artist in 20th Century Japan. During World War II, Maejima Tadaaki was trained as a kamikaze pilot in the Japanese air force, but the war ended before he was assigned a mission. Haku had no formal art training, but studied for two years with the sōsaku-hanga artist Onchi Kōshirō.
Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved by working the designs in wet cement and the use of Kanji (Chinese characters) as design motifs. In 1962, he started adding texture to his prints. At first, he added texture to the entire sheet after it was printed. In 1965, he began embossing designs into unprinted paper by using a press to transfer a design created in cement on a carved plywood board, and then adding color with stencils. He distorted and rearranged the strokes of Chinese characters to produce striking and serene images.
The artist participated in the Tokyo International Print Biennale in 1957 and 1960. The book Festive Wine: Ancient Japanese Poems from the Kinkafu is a translation of 21 ancient poems called Kinkafu or Music for Wagon Songs. The translation is accompanied by Maki Haku's prints that were made in 1968–69. The Art Institute of Chicago, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are among the public collections holding prints by Haku Maki
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Maki Haku/Maejima Tadaaki, or assignee. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved by working the designs in wet cement and the use of Kanji (Chinese characters) as design motifs. In 1962, he started adding texture to his prints. At first, he added texture to the entire sheet after it was printed. In 1965, he began embossing designs into unprinted paper by using a press to transfer a design created in cement on a carved plywood board, and then adding color with stencils. He distorted and rearranged the strokes of Chinese characters to produce striking and serene images.
The artist participated in the Tokyo International Print Biennale in 1957 and 1960. The book Festive Wine: Ancient Japanese Poems from the Kinkafu is a translation of 21 ancient poems called Kinkafu or Music for Wagon Songs. The translation is accompanied by Maki Haku's prints that were made in 1968–69. The Art Institute of Chicago, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are among the public collections holding prints by Haku Maki
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Maki Haku/Maejima Tadaaki, or assignee. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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| Mr. Maki Haku |
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| 1957, Symbol No. 2 |
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| 1958-59, Work P |
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| 1958-59, Work Kanae |
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| 1965, Work 65-7 |
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| 1965, 65-6 |
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| 1965, untitled: Composition |
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| 1967, Emanation 67-71 |
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| 1968, Poem 68-47, 68-48 & 68-49 |
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| 1969, Poem 69-14 |
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| 1969, Dance 69-1 |
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| 1969, Poem 69-54 (mushin) |
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| 1969, Poem 13 |
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| 1969, Poem 69-46 |
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| 1969, Poem 69-51 |
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| 1970, Poem 70-5 (dance) |
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| 1970, Poem 70-6 (Turtle) |
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| 1970, Poem 70-20 |
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| 1970, Poem 70-65 (Bamboo) |
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| 1970, Try Hard, Work Harder (Poem 70-71) |
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| 1970, Poem 70-9 The Mind |
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| 1970, Poem 70-82 |
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| 1971, Poem 71-52 (Strength) |
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| 1971, Poem 71-100 (Sun) |
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| 1972, Poem 72-1 (E, W, S ,N) |
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| 1972, Poem 72-53 (Shiver with Cold) |
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| 1972, Poem 72-57 (Winter) |
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| 1972, Poem 72-9 |
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| 1972, Poem 72-22 (Friends) |
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| 1972, Poem 72-62 (Stone-S) |
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| 1973 Work 73-38 |
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| 1973, Work 73-12-B (Dragon) |
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| 1973, Work 73-6 |
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| 1973, Work 73-7-A (Woman) |
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| 1974, Work 74-2 |
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| 1975, 75-53 (Grapes) |
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| 1975, 75-61 (Tree) |
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| 1976, Work 76-20, Persimmon |
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| 1976, Work 76 - 25 (Horse) |
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| 1977, Dragon A |
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| 1977, Tortoise A |
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| 1977, Turnip-2 |
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| 1977, Tree |
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| 1978, 78-4 (Beach) |
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| 1979, 79-17 (child) |
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| 1993, Go-1 (A) |
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| 1993, Go-2 (B) |
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