Licensing Agency EST. 1988
Studio OZ Inc.
We're an Art Licensing Agency
Studio OZ USA represents the finest Japanese artists from all over the world with over 100 artist and more than 10,000 peaces of artwork.
We have a wide variety of artworks from traditional artworks to modern artworks.
Japanese painting
Shohei Takahashi
1968 Born in Ota-ku, Tokyo
1993 Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Japanese Painting
1995 Completed Graduate School of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Japanese Painting
2000 Grand Prize, The 1st Four Seasons in Takato, Shinshu, Japan
2004 Awarded the Encouragement Prize at the Maeda Seison Memorial Grand Prize Exhibition
2007 Solo Exhibition, “Four Seasons of Yusui” at Narukawa Art Museum, Ashinoko, Hakone, Japan
2013 Frame postage stamp “Cherry Blossoms in Takato” adopted
2015 Solo Exhibition “Un Yu Yu” at Tobi Art Fair, Tokyo Bijutsu Club, Tokyo
2017 The 5th Sakura Art Museum Sakura Flower Prize Exhibition, Incentive Prize
2019 Cooperated in the movie “Yokogao” (Directed by Koji Fukada)
Currently, working mainly on solo and group exhibitions.
Japanese painting
Keiko Inokuma
Born in Kyoto in 1958.
In 1981, she was selected for the first time for the Nitten Exhibition.
In 1983, participated in the Three Artists Exhibition of Japanese Painting (and annually thereafter).
Completed the graduate course at Kyoto City University of Arts in 1984.
In 1989, exhibited her work at the Kyoto Gatan Exhibition of Japanese Painting (and annually thereafter).
In 1990, won the Kawabata Ryuko Award for Excellence.
In 1991, won the Excellent Prize at the Kyoto Shimbun Japanese Painting Award Exhibition. （In 1992, she won the Grand Prize at the Kyoto Shimbun Nihonga Award Exhibition, and in 1992, the Grand Prize at the Kyoto Shimbun Nihonga Award Exhibition.)
Participated in the Yamatane Museum of Art Award Exhibition. (The same '93)
Participated in the Ryoyonome 'Contemporary Painting' Exhibition.
(The same '92 '93 '94 '95)
In 1992, exhibited works at the exhibition “Inochi Hymn - 100 Japanese Paintings”.
In 1995, won the Yamatane Museum of Art Award for Excellence.
In 1998, she received the Encouragement Prize of the Kyoto Prefecture Culture Award.
Currently, he is a member of Nitten. Lecturer at the Junior College of Fine Arts.
Nature illustrator
Masayoshi Mizuho
1976 Born in Hyogo Prefecture.
Graduated from Kobe Design University in 1999.
Worked as a graphic designer at a design office in Horie, Osaka, but left the office to pursue painting.
After retiring, worked as a painter and freelance illustrator.
Spends his days walking around forests and rivers in Japan and drawing pictures. Active as a nature illustrator.
Woodblock print
Kazuyuki Ohtsu
1935 Born in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture.
1954: Trained at Umehara Print Studio in the process of woodblock printing, and mastered woodblock printing techniques.
In 1958, he moved to Kiyoshi Saito's studio and worked as an assistant until May 1977.
Thereafter, he was in charge of printing for more than 40 years until Kiyoshi Saito's last days.
In 1998, after Kiyoshi Saito's death, he decided to start his career as a woodblock print artist.
Since then, he has continued his creative activities with great enthusiasm, producing a large number of works every year.
Currently resides in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Japanese Kimono Art
Maeno Setsu
Setsu Maeno was born in 1961 in Nagoya Prefecture. She is famous for “Kinusai-ga”, which is a artwork that uses the technique of the Kimekomi doll, using antique kimono silk instead of paint. This is a unique artwork created and named by Setsu Maeno, which brings back a new artwork style of the colors, patterns, and textures.
Japanese Kimono Art - Kinusai-ga
She uses Japanese Kimono as a material.
Japanese Press Flower Art
Masae Kuwano
Masae Kuwano was born in 1942. Growing up in a nature, she came across a Sugino-type pressed flower in 1990. Her artworks were exhibited at local post offices, hospitals, banks, public halls, lobby of city hall, etc. to promote the spread of “Pressed Flowers”. She became the director and president of “Hitano no Hana no Kai”.
Chigiri-e artist
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Kiyoshi Yamashita was born in 1922. Yamashita is famous for the chigiri-e method of sticking torn pieces of colored paper together to depict the scenery he saw on his travels. His most famous works such as "Nagaoka no Hanabi" and "Sakurajima" were made in this way.
He is widely known as “Japanese Van Gogh” or the “Naked General”. His work is still highly regarded throughout Japan, and is the subject of frequent exhibitions.
Chigiri-e Art
Chigiri-e is a Japanese art form in which the primary technique uses colored paper that is torn to create images, and may resemble a water color painting. The technique dates from the Heian period of Japanese history when it was often used in combination with calligraphy. Handmade paper is essential for the creation of chigiri-e images.
Draw the Sun ・ World heritage
Yuji Mitani
Yuji Mitani was born in 1946 in Mie Prefecture. The theme of his artwork is the collaboration of sun, moon, and four seasons of nature expressing the light of hope. His artworks took place in Europe, Middle East and Asia.
"I have been painting the sun for 30years, and my half life as a painter has passed.
The sun seems to different between Japan and other country. The sun rises sometimes gently and sometimes powerful like flare.
All things in the earth is given the life by the sun, and we are moved to the beautiful scenery by the morning and setting sun.
I am going to paint the energy of the sun lively as a picture." Yuji Mitani
Japanese painting Eternal land and world heritage
Masato Yanagisawa
Masato Yanagisawa was born in 1955 in Nagano Prefecture. His artwork is done with japanese painting expression with delicate brush strokes and unique bold composition about the magnificent story of eternal time and space.
Nihonga
Nihonnga is Japanese paintings from about 1900s onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials.
Japanese painting Draw memories of traveling in Europe and Japan
Shinji Okada
Shinji Okada was born in 1962 in Aichi prefecture. His artworks are mainly European landscapes delicately drawn with full transparency of the Japanese painting style.
Nihonga
Nihonnga is Japanese paintings from about 1900 onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials.
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