Image: Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Image: Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Image: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo
Empire of Japan, 1891–1980
Japanese painter, printmaker, and engraver (1891-1980) who moved to France in 1919 and became a master of the mezzotint technique in European printmaking. Producing hundreds of engravings from his Paris studio, he was awarded the French Legion of Honour and became a significant figure bridging Japanese and European modernism.
Image: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo
Image: Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Image: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo
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