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.MIZUFUNE ROKUSHU (1912-1980 ) |
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1912 |
He entered the Sculpture
Course of Tokyo School of Fine Arts |
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1931 |
While he attended it,
he also learned under Hiratsuka in his hanga |
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study group together
with Muto Rokuro and Yoshiwara Masamichi. |
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1932 |
He joined to establish
<Shin Hanga Syudan(The New Print Group)>. |
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This group was restarted
as <Zoukei Hanga Kyokai> in 1938. |
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1936 |
He graduated from Tokyo
School of Fine Arts |
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1959 |
and became member of
Japan Print Association. |
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1960-77 |
He worked as headmaster
of Kanto Gakuin Primary School |
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Although only watercolor
pigments are used in his woodcut works、they often |
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exceed oil paintings
in their vivid expression. |
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The artist says; Any
print or sculpture first comes to me as a form of poetry. |
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.SEKINO
JUN'ICHIRO (1914-1988 ) |
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.Born
in Aomori Prefecture in 1914, he was so fascinated with woodblock
prints |
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.while
he was still attending junior highschool that he had enough vigor
to recruit |
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.other
members and edit a hanga magazine. Under Kon Junzo he learned
etching and |
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.lithography. |
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1920 He exhibited his work in the
2nd Exhibition of Japan Hanga Association. |
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1939 He moved to Tokyo and lived
in the neighborhood of Onchi Koshiro. |
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.Together
with Yamaguchi Gen, he was founding member of Ichimoku-kai and
for |
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about 10 years, surrounding Onchi,
made efforts to sustain this precious circle. |
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.His
two books, 'The Founders of Hanga' and 'The Memorable Print Artists'
are both |
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.very
valuable documents of sosaku-hanga. |
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.NAKAGAWA ISAKU (1899-2000 ) |
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Born in Kyoto in 1899,
he first learned woodblock printing, together with |
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Tokuriki Tomikichiro,
Asada Benji, Asano Takeji, in the class Hiratsuka |
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Un'ichi taught. |
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1928 He exhibited 'Higuruma'
at the 7th Kokuten Exhibition. He was just |
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1928 transferring from Nihonga (Japanese Style Painting)
to hanga. |
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1931 He started a hanga
magazine 'Taishu Hanga' with the view of popular |
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1931 -izing hanga in Kyoto. |
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1972 He started pottery
in Namban style in Okinawa and made his second |
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1972 debut as a potter. |
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TAKEDA GENTARO (1900-1984
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He worked as a teacher
of fine arts until he reached the age for retirement in1954 |
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and after two years
he met Hiratsuka Un'ichi and quitted both oil painting and water- |
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color to devote himself
to printmaking. Late starter as he was (at the age of 57), |
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his print works were
soon accepted by Toko-kai, Nitten and other public Exhibitions. |
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In 1960 he was one
of the establishing members of Japan Hanga Society led by |
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Munakata Shiko. Gentaro's
works are rich in delicate expressions and tastes which |
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he found innate both
in rural areas and towns. |
