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Tenrei HORIUCHI  -  1903-1982      

Tenrei Horiuchi was born in Yamanashi prefecture. A member of Toyo Shukyo Bijutsu Kyokai (Eastern Religious Art Association). In 1931, to commemorate Nichiren's 650 years after his death, he donated 32 pictures of "Nichiren Seijin Godai Ki" to Kujo Temple at Mt. Jitsugyo. He became a priest of Nichiren School in 1974. He established Nichiren Soryu-o-zan Ichijo Temple at Nakano, Shinbashi.
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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