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Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado
Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado
Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado
Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado
Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado

Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado

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Time's Narrative: When Spring Waters Begin to Move (水泉動 — Mizuizumi Ugoku)

Takezasado's Minamo — 'water surface' — looks down into a koi pond at the moment when water becomes both transparent and opaque: a warm golden surface catches light, grey-green shadows of ripples shift and drift, and beneath it all, fish move in their unhurried world. The warm gold of the water is the particular color of sunlight filtered through shallow water in a Japanese garden — the pause that gardens were designed to create. May this golden, living surface bring a warm, meditative presence to your space.

Artist: Takenaka Kenji
Woodblock Print: Takezasado
Print Size: Approx. 15.5 × 10.75 inch
Frame Size: 28 × 20 inch
About the Japanese 72 Micro Seasons
The Story of Japanese Traditional Colors
Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado

Takenaka Kenji / Minamo (Water Surface)

On the golden water surface, the light and life of spring quietly shimmer.

Looking down into a koi pond from a bridge. Beneath the golden surface—both transparent and opaque—fish of red, spotted, silver, and brown move in their unhurried world. Sunlight filtered through shallow water in a Japanese garden creates this distinct color.

Using the soft overlapping layers of woodblock printing, the artist perfectly captures the shimmering water and the "pause" that gardens were designed to create.

A living surface that brings meditative warmth. It bestows a deep, peaceful presence upon your space.

Minamo — Water Surface | Takenaka Kenji × Takezasado

[Contemporary Artistry Breaking the Mold of Tradition]

While Takezasado carries forward the Kyoto woodblock tradition of Takenaka Mokuhan, founded in 1891, it never dwells in the past. The reason MOK Arts focuses on Takezasado—and particularly its representative, Kenji Takenaka—lies in the explosive "artist's perspective" that transcends mere artisanal precision. Using centuries-old woodblock printing techniques as his tools, he freely orchestrates bold geometries, pop-art sensibilities, and the abstraction of light. Carving an entirely new "today" with ancient techniques, Takezasado's works will bring a striking, intellectual modernism to your space.