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Taikan YOKOYAMA  -  1868-1958      Japanese Painter

Taikan Yokoyama was a prominent Japanese-style painter. His life covered 3 imperial eras (Meiji, Taishi, Showa). In 1931 he became member of the Imperial Fine Arts Academy and in 1937 he received the Order of Cultural Merit. In his style, the artist tried to revitalize Japanese-style painting by integrating elements of Western style and of Chinese ink-style painting.
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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