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Matsuo KOBAYASHI - 1909-1981
Matsuo Kobayashi
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| Matsuo Kobayashi 1909-1981 |
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Matsuo Kobayashi was born in the town of Ibaraki in Tochigi prefecture. He graduated from Tochigi Shihan-gakko (teacher's school) in 1927. Because of the influence by his friend Shingo Ikeda, he started the woodblock printing in 1930.
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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