Iwao Akiyama (1921-2014), Japanese artist and representative of the so-called Sôsaku-hanga movement, whose artists did not entrust their designs to a publisher, unlike the Shin-hanga movement, which followed the traditional production process, but cut them into plates and produced the prints themselves. His style is influenced by his teacher Munakata, the most important Japanese printmaker of the 20th century. Woodcut master of the 20th century. Two owls, woodblock print on Japanese paper, signed, dated 1988 and numbered 33/200 on lower margin, 45,5 x 30,5 cm, framed behind glass 74 x 57 cm