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Shuji WAKO  -  born 1953      

Shuji Wako

Shuji Wako born 1953

Shuji WAKO was born in Sendai in 1953. After he graduated from from Zokei University, Tokyo, in 1977, his photo-realistic works of Japanese traditional motifs on velvet black background have been exhibited all over in Japan and abroad. His works are in the collections of the British Museum, Rockefeller Foundation and others. Japanese traditional paper crafts such as cranes and balloons, ribbons are depicted meticulously in rich colors. They often exhibit optical illusions and dreamy characters floating in the velvet black space.
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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