Shinagawa Takumi worked in various media, producing photograms, mobiles, posters, and sculptures, in addition to prints. Born in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, he was the son-in-law of a traditional Buddhist sculptor and studied crafts and metalwork at the Tokyo Prefectural College of Industrial Art (Tokyo Furitsu Kogei Gakkō). He was mentored by Onchi Kōshirō and joined his Ichimokukai group. Shinagawa’s work gradually shifted from representation to abstraction, and he experimented widely with different techniques. Many of his prints incorporate paper blocks and he used different types of paper to achieve new textural effects. He was also interested in color and mixed his own pigments. Shinagawa taught printmaking to Iwami Reika and Rei Yuki (1928-2003) and lectured at the Women’s Junior College of Fine Arts, Tokyo.
