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.YAMAGUCHI GEN (1896-1976) |
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1896 |
Born in Fujinomiya
City, Shizuoka prefecture in 1896. |
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1914 |
To assist his father
in his business, he moved to Taiwan, where he met |
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Fujimori Shizuo. |
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1923 |
After the great eathquake
that attacked the central part of Japan, he reunited |
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with Fujimori in the
devastated Tokyo. Soon after this reunion the two paid a |
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visit to Onchi Koshiro,
which opened Yamguchi's way into the world of hanga. |
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1939 |
Together with Sekino
Jun'ichiro, he helped to support the Ichimoku-kai |
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hanga meeting led by
Onchi. |
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1958 |
'Noh Actor' won the
Grand Prix at the 5th Lugano Biennial. |
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He also had the honor
to be the first Japanese artist to win this award. |
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Yamaguchi Gen says,
'Suppose I had not visited my family in Taiwan, I might never
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encountered. the world of hanga' (1964) |
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.TANABE ITARU (1886-1968 ) |
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.He was born and bred in Kamakura with his elder brother
Tanabe Hajime who |
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.established himself later as a philosopher. |
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1919 |
He was appointed assistant
professoor of Tokyo School of the Fine Arts |
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and, finding by chance
an old press, tried some etching works. |
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1920 |
He joined and exhibited
his works for the Sosaku-hanga Association. |
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1922 |
He learned in earnest
techniques for print art during his stay in Europe. |
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1928 |
He was appointed professoor
of Tokyo School of the Fine Arts and was |
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1935 |
also in charge of the
class for the print art. |
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ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955 ) |
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In1909 when he was acquainted with
Takehisa Yumeji he was deeply impressed with |
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both his personality and his works. |
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In1914, while he attended Tokyo
School of Fine Arts, he started the hanga magazine |
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'Tsukuhae'. together with Tanaka Kyokichi
and Fujimori Shizuo. |
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In 1918, with Yamamoto Kanae and
other artists, he helped to establish the Sosaku- |
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hanga Association. In1929, he joined
the project for publishing 'One hundred Views |
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of New Tokyo' |
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He always played a major role in
the production and the promotion of Sosaku-hanga, |
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which duly brought him the reputation
as one of the three giants in this genre of art. |
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In the period from1939 to1950,
he held a private art circle in his house, inviting |
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would-be artists of hanga,.which he called
'Ichimoku Kai' because it was held every |
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first Thursday of the month. |
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Sekino Jun'ichiro, one of the early
members of this circle, recalls that he proposed |
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special sessions for bartering
hanga works among them because he wanted works by |
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Onchi. .Their fruitful results can be
seen in 'Ichimoku Shu vol.I-VI' |
