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Tatsumi SHIMURA  -  1907-1980      Beauty and Fashion

Tatsumi Shimura

Tatsumi Shimura 1907-1980

Before World War II Tatsumi Shimura had worked for a woman fashion magazine. At the same time he was active as a painter and printmaker. In 1932 Tatsumi Shimura had contributed to the series "100 Views of Greater Tokyo". After the end of the war, the artist designed Bijin prints that were published by Kato Junzo. He was mainly a painter and only occasionally made prints. His preferred subject were images of beautiful and fashionable women.
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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