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Azechi Umetaro Biography
Screaming Birds, 1978
copyright Azechi Umetaro

Azechi Umetaro is well known in Japan as a writer of several books about mountaineering. Internationally he is well-known as one of the leading Japanese artists of post-war Japan. His woodblock prints in bold colors and shapes are appreciated by collectors and art friends all over the world.

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Catalog of the 48th CWAJ Print Show

The 48th Print Show of the prestigious College Women Association of Japan (CWAJ) featured an Associate Show at the American Club in Tokyo with art prints by Azechi Umetaro, Sadao Watanabe and Mori Yoshitoshi. The biographical data listed below was taken from the CWAJ catalog.

Career of Azechi Umetaro

Mori Yoshitoshi - Biography
Mountain Man and Bird
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• 1902 - Born in Uwajima, Shikoku, Japan.
• 1925 - Employee of government printing bureau in Tokyo.
• 1925 - Studied woodblock printmaking with Hiratsuka Unichi.
• 1927 - Nihon Sosaku Hanga Kyokai Exhibition.
• 1931 - Kokugakai Exhibition.
• 1932 - Member of Japan Print Association.
• 1936 - The Scenes of Iyo published.
• 1940 - Kokugakai Prize.
• 1943 - Member of Kokugakai.
• 1954 - Sao Paulo International Print Biennial.
• 1957 - The 1st Tokyo International Biennial Print Exhibition.
• 1957 - Exhibition Paris, France.
• 1959 - Exhibition Chicago, USA.
• 1965 - Solo exhibition Santa Maria, California, USA.
• 1976 - Honorary member of Japan Print Association.
• 1985 - Cultural Prize, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
• 1987 - Solo exhibition, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts.
• 1990 - Solo exhibition, Tokyo, Osaka.
• 1998 - Honorary citizen of Machida City.
• 1999 - Died April 12 in Tokyo at the age of 99.

Affiliations

Prints by Mori Yoshitoshi
Lumberjack
copyright Azechi Umetaro

• Japan Print Association.
• Japan Artists Association.

Selected Exhibitions

• CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan, for 33 years.
• Sao Paulo International Print Biennial, Brazil.
• Lugano International Print Biennial, Switzerland.
• Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
• Japan Print Association, Tokyo, Japan.

Collections

Prints by Sadao Watanabe
Tears, 1956
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• Azechi Umetaro Memorial Museum, Ehime, Japan.
• Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, USA.
• Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
• Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts, USA.
• British Museum London, United Kingdom.
• Cincinnati Art Museum, USA.
• Susaki Imperial Villa, Japan.

Dieter Wanczura
(August 2009)

Literature sources used for this article

Catalog of the 48th CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan, Printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd., no ISBN number available.

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