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Kenji USHIKU  -  born 1922      

Kenji Ushiku
Kenji Ushiku - Kenji Ushiku born 1922
Kenji Ushiku born 1922
 

Kenji Ushiku was born in Chiba prefecture in 1922. He studied art at the renowned Tokyo University of Fine Arts. Works by the artist are in the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, the Chiba City Museum of Art, the Sakura City Museum of Art in Chiba prefecture and the National Museum of Art in Osaka. The artist participated in the Tokyo International Print Exhibitions of 1957, 1960 and 1962. He is a member of Japan Print Association.

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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