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Sotatsu TAWARAYA - fl. ca. 1600-1643

Sotatsu Tawaraya

Sotatsu Tawaraya was a famous painter and artist of the Rimpa School. Born as the son of a wealthy producer of fans in Noto Province, he was most of his life active in the Kyoto area, then the residence of the Japanese emperors. Sotatsu Tawaraya was known for using reduced designs in Chinese style, but lavish materials like gold. He was copied by generations of painters after him.
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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

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