Sakuichi Fukazawa (4 September 1896 – 12 January 1947) was a Japanese
painter
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and
woodblock printer working within the ''
sosaku-hanga'' "creative prints" movement.
Fukazawa was born in Niigata Prefecture and moved to Tokyo at a young age, where he attended Tokyo Central School of Commerce and Industry. Around 1918 he learnt the art of woodblock printing under
Suwa Kanenori
Suwa Kanenori (1897–1932) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print artist associated with the sōsaku hanga ("creative print") movement.
Born 1897, he spent his youth in Kobe, and started printing from the age of sixteen. In 1914 he moved to ...
and exhibited at the
Sosaku Hanga Kyokai (Creative Print Association) in 1922. His work appeared in magazines such as 'Minato' and its successor 'Kaze'.
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British Museum
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He was a founding member of the
Nippon Hanga Kyokai (Japan Print Association) in 1931. He worked for the ''Han'' magazine alongside
Hiratsuka Un'ichi,
Azechi Umetarō and
Munakata Shikō Munakata may refer to:
* Munakata (surname)
*Munakata, Fukuoka, a city in Japan
*Munakata Taisha
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. He contributed thirteen prints to the series ''
Shin Tokyo Hyakkei'' ("One Hundred Views of New Tokyo") which was produced from 1928 to 1932.
He took part in the painting events at the
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
and
1936
Events January–February
* January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House.
* January 28 – Death and state funer ...
Olympic Games.
From 1936 he designed woodblock-printed covers for books.
Gallery
Buch-Umschlag 1.jpg, Book cover, 1939
Zôjô-ji.jpg, ''Zōjō-ji
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Zōjō-ji is notable for its relations ...
'', from series: ''One hundred views of New Tokyo'', 1929
Fukazawa Brücke 2.jpg, ''Shin Arakawa'', from series: ''One hundred views of New Tokyo'', 1930
Fukazawa Brücke.jpg, ''Senju-ōhashi bridge'' from series: ''One hundred views of New Tokyo'', 1930
Fukazawa Slope.jpg, ''Slope at Tokyo'', 1930
Buch-Umschlag 2.jpg, Book cover, 1939
References
Further reading
* Smith, Lawrence, ''Modern Japanese Prints 1912-1989: Woodblocks and Stencils'', BMP, London, 1994, p. 22 and no. 16.
* Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako, ''Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975'', University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1992, p. 21.
* Kamon, Yasuo, Tozaka, Koji, and Asahi, Akira, ''Shin Tokyo hyakkei'', Heibonsha, Tokyo, 1978, pp. 80-2 (where his prints for ''One Hundred New Views of Tokyo'' are reproduced)
* Kato, Junzo (ed.), ''Kindai Nihon hanga taikei'', II, Mainichi Shinbun, Tokyo, 1975, p. 277, and pls 106-9.
* Onchi, Koshiro, "The Modern Japanese Print: An Internal History of the Sosaku Hanga Movement", trans. U. Osamu and C. H. Mitchell in ''Ukiyo-e geijutsu'', 11, 1965, p. 24.
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1896 births
1947 deaths
20th-century Japanese painters
Japanese printmakers
Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Art competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Artists from Niigata Prefecture