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Shoichi OKUBO  -  1930-2000      

Shoichi Okubo

Shoichi Okubo 1930-2000

Shoichi Okubo (Ohkubo) was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. While he was working for a bank, he invented "shisaiga" (paper colored printing). He became a executive member of Japan Artists Association in 1985. In 1991, he received the first prize of the Art Academy of "France Gakushi-in".

Notes: Also "Ohkubo".

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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