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Tadashi OSAKA  -  born 1937      Japanese Woodblocks

Tadashi Osaka was born in Osaka prefecture. He had studied under Fumio Kitaoka and Waichi Hayashi. Tadashi Osaka creates elaborate woodblock prints with town and village views and landscapes scenes from Mediterranean countries like Portugal and Spain and of Japan, of course. The artist has contributed to the prestigious annual CWAJ shows for the 4th time where he caused wide attention among visitors and artist colleagues.
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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