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Seizo HIRAKAWA  -  1896-1964      

Seizo Hirakawa

Seizo Hirakawa 1896-1964

Seizo Hirakawa was born in Hiroshima and died in Tokyo. He was a pioneer member of the early Sosaku Hanga movement. His intricate but eerie wood-engraving works were critically acclaimed in the exhibitions of Nihon Sosaku Hanga Society, Shunyo-kai as well as in the traditional Teiten before W.W.II. His works are in the collections of The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, International Hanga Museum of Machida City, The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo.
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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