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FUKUSHIMA ICHIRO ( 1920-1975 ) |
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Fukushima was born
in 1920 in the Island of Enoshima in Kanagawa Prefecture. |
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From1937 on he learned
art under Ota Koji, who introduced him to Azechi Umetaro. |
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Azechi"s works
totally inspired him to open the door to the world of hanga. |
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Two years later, ini1964, his work
won the Fresh Talent Award in the exhibition |
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of Japan Print Association.
His later works were also welcomed to various |
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international print
exhibitions. |
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ARAI RYO ( 1933- 2009) |
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1933 |
Born in Tochigi Prefecture. |
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1957 |
graduated from Tokyo
Art College as a design major. |
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1958 |
became a member of
Japan Advertisement Art Association |
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1962 |
started working as
a designer for Hitachi Electric Appliances, |
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Seibu Department Store,
Isuzu Automobile, and IBM. |
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1975 |
started copperplate
printing. |
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1983 |
signed a contract with
Franconi, a print publisher in Paris. |
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HATSUYAMA SHIGERU (
1897-1973 ) |
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Born in Asakusa district,
Tokyo, he learned at the age of ten the traditional |
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Yamoto-e painting from
Kano Tanrei. He then worked in a dye house, where |
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he made full use of
his drawing ability. In1919 he started to draw pictures |
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for children when the
magazine " The World of Fairy Tales " was published. |
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His fairy tale picures,
with delicate lines and decorative compositions, were |
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soon hily valued. He
started woodblock printing in the 1930s. |
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ISHII TSURUZO ( 1887-1973
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Born in Tokyo in 1887
as a son to Ishi Teiko, a famous traditional-style artist, |
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Ishi Hakutei, Teiko's
first son and Tsurozo's elder brother, also established fame |
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as an artist. Tsurozo
learned sculpture in Tokyo Art School and became a member |
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ofJapan Art Institute. Tsuruzo^s
ability to lead artists of younger generations |
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always brought him
in the center of many art groups such as Japan Print Association, |
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Japan Creative Print
Association, Japan Watercolor Society, Shunyokai Group. |
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After World War II,.hhe taught at
Tokyo University of the Arts. |
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YAMATAKA NOBORU ( 1926-
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Born in Tokyo in 1926,
he graduated from Meiji University in 1945. |
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His major was Japanese
literature. While he was working for a publishing |
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company, he started
to learn woodblock printing by himself around 1962. |
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In 1978 he left the
company and devoted himself to making prints. |
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His works were exhibited
at Yujin Gallery in 1980, titled "Japanese |
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Sensibility; The Worlds
of Kawakami Sumio and Yamataka Noboru" |
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He also left many book-cover
designs. |
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HOSHI JOICHI ( 1913-1979
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Born in Niigata pref.,
Hoshi graduated from Tainan Education College in Taiwan in |
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1932 and.worked there as
a teacher for 13 years. After leaving Taiwan in 1946, |
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he started printing
business in his home town and also started making lithographic |
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art works. In 1956
he graduated from Musashino Art College as an oil painting |
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major and learned for
himself woodblock print techniques. In 1959 he was awarded |
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the.Kokuga-kai Prize for his work " Water".
Most of his works surround the themes |
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of trees ans woods
and.stars
and constellations. |
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KAWARA KANJI （ 1897- last year
unknown ） |
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Kawara was born in
Ako, Hyogo Prefecture in1897。He learned oil painting at Hongo |
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Institute of Western
Art in Tokyo. He left the Institute midway and started to work
as |
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a news reporter for
the Hochi Newspaper. The best-known of his talents may have |
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been that of an actor
both in the theater and in the movies. The two giants in the
acting |
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world, Kishida Kokushi
and Ozu Yasujiro higly valued him for his refined silvery manners. |
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He was a member of
Japan Print Association between 1954 and 1973. |
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SASAJIMA KIHEI ( 1906-1993
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1906 |
Born in the pottery
town of Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. |
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1936 |
He attended a course
given by Hiratsuka Un'ichi and was fascinated |
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with the world of black
and white woodblock prints. |
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1937 |
Hamada Shoji, a well-known
potter living in Mashiko, introduced him |
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to Munakata Shiko,
giving him the great oppotunity because he had |
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always admired Munakata's
works for their feeling of incredible liberty. |
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1952 |
He joined Munakata Shiko and Shimozawa
Kihachiro to form Nihon |
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Hanga-in. |
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.SOGAO TAKEHARU ( 1899-1984 ) |
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1915 |
Sogao learned in The
Hongo Art Institute under Nagahara Kotaro and |
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his oil painting was
exhibited at a Kofukai Exhibition. |
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c.1930 |
He started learnig
etching techniques and, after the contacts with |
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Nishida Takeo and Kon
Junzo, made efforts to spread this new medium. |
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1940 |
He was elected to attend the managing
board of The Association of |
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Japanese Etchers. |
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1960 |
He joined Japan Hanga
Association, which had been established by |
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10 members including
Munakata Shiko, Maekawa Sempan and Nagase |
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Yoshiro. |
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