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Kunbi TANIGUCHI  -  1909-1964      

Kunbi Taniguchi was born in Tokushima prefecture. He created his first woodblock prints while he was still working as a teacher at an elementary school. In 1939 he began to study under Koshiro Onchi and was active in local sosaku hanga artist groups. After world war II he had various art exhibitions and could gain some awards before he died due to a severe illness at age 55.
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Notes: also Masami Taniguchi

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:
  • Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
  • Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
  • Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
  • Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
  • Annual CWAJ catalogs