is an artist from
Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, famous for his brightly coloured prints of Okinawan landscapes. Many of these prints are of, or inspired by, the island of
Izena in the north of Okinawa, where he was born.
Naka Bokunen has been involved in collaborations with, among others, the novelist
Banana Yoshimoto and the biologist
James Lovelock
James Ephraim Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating sys ...
.
External links
Bokunen.com- Bokunen's home page.
1953 births
Living people
Japanese printmakers
People from Okinawa Prefecture
Date of birth missing (living people)
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