Fukazawa Sakuichi
Sakuichi Fukazawa (4 September 1896 – 12 January 1947) was a Japanese painter 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 and exhibited at the Sosaku Hanga Kyokai (Creative Print Association) in 1922.
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- Name
- Sakuichi Fukazawa
- Occupation
- Painter, woodblock printer
- Born
- 4 September 1896
- Birthplace
- Maki, Nishikanbara, Niigata, Japan
- Died
- 12 January 1947
- Nationality
- Japan
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Sakuichi Fukazawa (4 September 1896 – 12 January 1947) was a Japanese painter 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 and exhibited at the Sosaku Hanga Kyokai (Creative Print Association) in 1922.
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Fukazawa Sakuichi (1896–1947) was a printmaker, of Japanese nationality. The printmaker was born in Maki and died in Tokyo. Works are held at Art Institute of Chicago.
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His work appeared in magazines such as 'Minato' and its successor 'Kaze'. 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. 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 and 1936 Olympic Games. From 1936 he designed woodblock-printed covers for books.
This image is part of a series produced between 1929 to 1932 to show the changing landscape of Tokyo following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
Fukazawa Sakuichi · Scan of 1932 Printed Edition by Nihon Sosaku Hanga Club
This image is part of a series produced between 1929 to 1932 to show the changing landscape of Tokyo following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
Fukazawa Sakuichi · Scan of 1932 Printed Edition by Nihon Sosaku Hanga Club
Key facts
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• Name — Sakuichi Fukazawa • Occupation — Painter, woodblock printer • Born — 4 September 1896 • Birthplace — Maki, Nishikanbara, Niigata, Japan • Died — 12 January 1947
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• Illustration — Book cover, 1939 • Illustration — Zōjō-ji, from series: One hundred views of New Tokyo, 1929 • Illustration — Shin Arakawa, from series: One hundred views of New Tokyo, 1930 • Illustration — Senju-ōhashi bridge from series: One hundred views of New Tokyo, 1930 • Illustration — Slope at Tokyo, 1930 • Illustration — Book cover, 1939
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1896
Fukazawa Sakuichi born at Maki.
1947
Fukazawa Sakuichi died at Tokyo.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- 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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