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Sadao KUROKI  -  1908-1984      Expressive Colors and Compositions

Sadao Kuroki was born in Nobeoka in Miyazaki prefecture. He had studied Western painting at Kawabata Painting School and the art of making woodblocks with Koshiro Onchi and Unichi Hiratsuka. In 1951 the artist received the culture prize of Miyazaki prefecture. The print works by Sadao Kuroki are kept in soskau hanga style in expressive designs and colors.
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Notes: also Sadao Kurogi

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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