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Gentaro KOITO  -  1887 - 1978      

He is born in Tokyo. Studied at the school of Hakubakai and with Fujishima Takeji at Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He exhibited paintings at Bunten, Teiten, and Nitten. Furthermore he is a member of Saiko Nihon Bijutsuin, an important art exhibition organisation. He designed moku hanga woodblock prints in 1930s.
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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