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Kuman MUKAI  -  1908-1987      

Kuman Mukai was born in Osaka. He graduated from the design department of Kyoto Art and Crafts College. After he left the studio of Japanese traditinal artist Suisho Nishiyama, he worked for Seiko-sha. He was very active in Nitten, Shin-bunten and estublished Sozo-bijutsu with Tomishiro Fukuda, Kyujin Yamamoto. He was specialized in the traditional bird-flower pictures, Buddhist pictures. Member of Soga-kai.
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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