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Sosen KANO - 1820-1900

Sosen Kano

Sosen Kano 1820-1900

Sosen was born in Edo, 1820. He became the 9th generation head of the Saruyamachi Kano family, served for the Tokugawa Shogunate. His two books on painters and their seals, Honcho Gaka Jimmei Jisho and Honcho Gaka Rakkan Impu, were note worthy.

Notes: also Toshinobu (Jushin), Choonsai, Sanryo

Select by first name, for instance "H" for Hiroshige, Hokusai, Harunobu etc.

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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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