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Hashimoto Okiie
Japanese, 1899 - 1993
From Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900–1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995).
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Biography“B. 1899 in Tottori prefecture. Studies art education and oil painting at Tokyo School of Fine Arts; grad. 1924. Studied with Tanabe Itaru and Hirata Shōdō. Attended short course with Hiratsuka Un’ichi in 1936. He and Hiratsuka, who had grown up in the same region of Japan, developed a strong friendship and Hashimoto became a member of Hiratsuka’s circle, Yoyogi-ha. Exhibited at Shin Bunten, Nitten, and Shun’yōkai; member of Nihon Hanga Kyōkai from 1940 and Kokugakai. Contributed to Kitsutsuki hangashū in 1943 and to Ichimokushū. Beginning in 1925 he taught art at a middle school until he became assistant principle of Tokyo First Women’s High School; remained until he retired in 1955 to devote full time to printmaking. Participated in various international exhibitions. Especially known for large, strong, colorful prints of gardens and ruined castles; published several albums…. …”
From Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900–1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995).