Hisashi Otsuka's

Warriors

This currated collection is dedicated to the commanding presence of Hisashi Otsuka's warrior-themed artworks.  Drawing from centuries of samurai tradition, Otsuka's paintings and available prints of warriors, ronin and shoguns blend ancient stories told through this living master's brushstrokes.

With bold composition, intricate detail and a deep sense of honor and resolve, these works pay tribute to the spirit of the warrior.  Each figure stands as both historical icon and artistic expression, capturing the tension between discipline and freedom, order and individuality.

These paintings and prints will forever honor these skillful warriors - their legends, legacy and the timeless code of Bushido.

Biography

Like the samurai depicted in many of his intricately beautiful paintings on fabric, Hisashi Otsuka is an artist of remarkable dedication. Schooled in Zen and the martial arts, he has lived and worked by the warrior’s code of discipline and duty.  Rooted in Japanese tradition, yet adventurous in nature, Otsuka is known throughout the world for his boldness of color and a unique style like none other.

Otsuka’s artwork is a powerful balance of ancient Eastern techniques and modern Western ideas. Like a concert musician with perfect pitch, he has perfect color memory and sense.  Otsuka's time-honored poets and warriors, kabuki figures, ukiyo-e women, and elegant calligraphy are steeped in the classical past.  Yet in color and composition, his work achieves a vigorous, contemporary context.  Monumental in scope and meticulous in detail, it offers an aesthetic of heroic and subtle impact.

Otsuka’s brilliant neo-deco style introduced a dramatic new movement in the world of art.  All Otsuka compositions have evolved to a decorative elegance, and a cross-cultural excellence that not only appeals to East and West artistically, but also brings them together in understanding.   Otsuka’s international prominence has made him a truly dominant force on the world art scene.  To Otsuka, life and art create each other: he, the master warrior, wielding his brush like a sword. Hisashi Otsuka