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Noel NOUET  -  1885-1969      Frenchman in Tokyo

Noel Nouet

Noel Nouet 1885-1969

Noel Nouet was born in the Bretagne (France). He came to Japan as a French teacher for a high school in 1926. After once returning home, in 1930 he came to Japan again to become a teacher of the Tokyo Foreign Language School. Then, he started to sketch Kanda and Ginza Districts with a pen. His natural touch gained popularity and his sketches appeared in various publications. He made several woodblock prints in the 1930s that were published by Doi.
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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