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Taikei AKIYAMA - born 1927
Taikei Akiyama uses the medium of the traditional Japanese woodblock as his preferred medium. He is a member of the JPA (Japanese Print Association). His prints show tricky arrangements of figures and lines as a kind of modern trompe d'oeil.
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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