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Orizo HATANO  -  1908-?      

Orizo Hatano was born in Kanagawa prefecture. He studied design at Kanagawa Technical school and woodblock print with Azechi Umetaro. He started making woodblock prints in 1930. He exhibited with Nihon hanga Kyokai during 1935-37. He contributed to Shin Hanga shudan, Zokei Hanga Kyokai, Kokugakai. Works included "Anchored Ships" 1942.
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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