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Matsuo KOBAYASHI  -  1909-1981      

Matsuo Kobayashi
Matsuo Kobayashi - Matsuo Kobayashi 1909-1981
Matsuo Kobayashi 1909-1981
 

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