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Yasu KATO  -  1907-1997      Student of Unichi Hiratsuka

Yasu Kato graduated from the Kyoto College of Crafts and Textiles and worked as an illustrator of children's books. He had studied with Unichi Hiratsuka. After World War II Yasu Kato had many national and international solo exhibitions. He is represented in renowned museums, for instance in the "National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C."
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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