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Eisho NARAZAKI  -  1864-1936      

Eisho Narazaki

Eisho Narazaki 1864-1936

Eisho Narazaki learned the European technique of copperplate printmaking in Tokyo from the Italian artist Chiossone. Japan had hired thousands of Western scientists, technicians and also artists during the Meiji period. For the art sector, the Italians had an influential role in teaching Western arts in Japan. Eisho Narazaki later was among the artists who worked for the publisher Watanabe in Shin Hanga style.
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Notes: also Fuyo Narazaki

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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