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Kihei SASAJIMA  -  1906-1993      Sosaku Hanga

Kihei Sasajima had studied with Unichi Hiratsuka and Munakata Shiko. His style is influenced by both. Black and white woodblock prints and religious subjects are dominant and the tendancy to experiment with alternative printing methods as Shiko Munakata did. The artist contributed to the Tokyo and Sao Paulo Print Biennales in the 1950s and 1960s.
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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