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Mr. Hiroto Norikane was born in 1949 in Hiroshima prefecture. He graduated from Sokei Academy of Fine Arts, and had studied under Yoshida Hodaka and Kato Kiyomi. The artist works in a mixed media technique of etching and mezzotint. The motifs chosen for his art prints are taken from rural Japan and from the Japanese tradition.

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Education

Norikane Hiroto was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He graduated from Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design and studied under Yoshida Hodaka and Kato Kiyomi.

Exhibitions of Hiroto Norikane

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• 1983 - Solo exhibitions in Okinawa, Tokyo, Aomori and Yamaguchi, Japan.
• 1988 - International Print Exhibition of the Republic of China, Taiwan.
• 1989 - Solo exhibition, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
• 1990 - Solo exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1992 - Solo exhibitions in Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan.
• 1992 - Japan Festival, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
• 1993 - Solo exhibition, Hiroshima, Japan.
• 1994 - Solo exhibition, Kyoto, Japan.
• 1995 - Solo exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1996 - Solo exhibition, Hiroshima, Japan.
• 1997 - Solo exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
• 2000 - Travelling solo exhibitions in eleven cities in Japan.
• 2004 - Solo exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
• 2006 - 26th year with annual CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan.

Collections

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Early Spring (Morning)
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• Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
• Portland Museum of Art, OR, U.S.A.
• Oregon City Museum, OR, U.S.A.
• Los Angeles County Museum, CA, U.S.A.
• Sado Hangamura Museum, Niigata, Japan.
• White House, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Gallery of Art Prints by Hiroto Norikane

Hiroto Norikane works in etching and aquatint techniques and uses for most of his detailed rendered prints mixed media techniques. Typical are the subdued colors. Often the artist's prints are kept in black and white or in shades of brown or otherwise just one or two basic colors.

Another favorite subject of the artist are cat prints.

Dieter Wanczura
(June 2007, updated August 2009)

Takeyoshi Nakayama - Biography
Miyajima 2
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Prints by Shigeki Kuroda
Spring at Hirosaki Castle
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Toru Shimizu - born 1938
Shirakawa Morning
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Shuzo Ikeda - Biography
Mt. Fuji in the Spring
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Maeda Koichi - Biography
Puffer Fish Lantern #35
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