About Fukazawa Sakuichi
Lived 1896 – 1947 (aged 50). Fukazawa Sakuichi was a Japanese printmaker, japanese woodblock printing and painter.
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. 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. From 1936 he designed woodblock-printed covers for books.
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Who was Fukazawa Sakuichi?
Japanese printmaker (1896–1947)
When was Fukazawa Sakuichi born?
Fukazawa Sakuichi was born on 4 September 1896 in Maki.
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Fukazawa Sakuichi died on 12 January 1947 in Tokyo.
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Fukazawa Sakuichi was a printmaker, japanese woodblock printing and painter.
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Fukazawa Sakuichi was Japanese.
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