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The second son of print artists Yoshida Hiroshi and Fujio, Yoshida Hodaka is notable for showing a series of artistic stages in his works; his pieces Tea House and Woods, both created in the 1950s, show an abstract style. His prints stand in contrast…

The second son of print artists Hiroshi and Fujio Yoshida, Yoshida Hodaka is notable for showing a series of stages in his works; his pieces Tea House and Woods, both created in the 1950s, show an abstract style. His prints stand in contrast with the…

Born in Hirosaki, Shima Tamami graduated from Tokyo Women’s University of Arts in 1958. There is little information on this female sosaku hanga artist, but with her skills she received a travel grant from the College Women’s Association of Japan in…

A great master of modern postwar Japanese printmaking, Saito Kiyoshi was one of the first sosaku hanga movement artists who became internationally known. Born in a small northern village of Japan’s main island, Honshu, Saito moved to Tokyo and taught…

Born in Kobe, Kawanishi Hide lived in the port city all his life, and it was a common feature in his prints. He was a self-taught printmaker since high school, and graduated from Kobe business school in 1915. Kawanishi was isolated from other sosaku…

A great master of modern postwar Japanese printmaking, Saito Kiyoshi was one of the first sosaku hanga movement artists who became internationally known. Born in a small northern village of Japan’s main island, Honshu, Saito moved to Tokyo and taught…

Born in Kobe, Kawanishi Hide lived in the port city all his life, and it was a common feature in his prints. He was a self-taught printmaker since high school, and graduated from Kobe business school in 1915. Kawanishi was isolated from other sosaku…

Inagaki Tomoo was born in Tokyo and worked at a steel company before attending Tokyo Koto Kogyo, a technical college. He later became a teacher of commercial art design, as well as a freelance designer with his own business, until World War II broke…