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Waka ISHIDA  -  born 1922      

Waka Ishida

Waka Ishida born 1922

Ishida Waka is practically unknown outside Japan. She is known in Japan as a painter and as a print artist. In the 70s and 80s she was primarily active as a print artist: in 1978 a book of her woodblock prints was published, and in the 1970s and 80s her work was regularly exhibited at the Takashimaya Department Store in Tokyo. The best carvers, printers and publishers were involved in the publication of her work. (biography from Saru Gallery).
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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