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Junichi NAKAHARA  -  1913-1988      

Junichi Nakahara was born in Kagawa prefecture. He worked as an illustrator, among others for the magazine 'Shoujyo no Tomo' and as a serious printmaker. In the 1920s and 1930s his illustrations of young girls with big eyes were famous - today the typical style of Japanese anime and managa drawings. Junichi Nakahara is considered as a forerunner of manga art.
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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