| Takeji Asano was born in Kyoto in 1900 and underwent a long and intensive art training - first at the Kyoto City School of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1919, and later at the Kyoto City specialist School of Painting, with graduation in 1923. One of his teachers was Tsuchida Bakusen. In 1930 Asano participated in the series 'Sosaku Hanga Shin Kyoto Junikagetsu' (Creative Prints of Twelve Months in New Kyoto). Other contributing artists were Tokuriki Tomikichiro and Asada Benji. Further landscape prints followed in the 1930s. After the war in 1947, Asano created the series 'Kinki Meisho Fukei' ('Famous Places in Kinki' - the Kyoto-Osaka area). This series was self-carved and self-printed by the artist with a high technical level. In the 1950s Asano created many works that were published by Unsodo. In 1954, he produced the series 'Kinki Hakkei' (Eight Views of Kinki), and in 1956 he produced the series 'Tokyo Meisho' (Famous Places in Tokyo). All prints were self-carved and self-printed (see both series below). Asano died at the age of 99 in 1999.
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Rice-Cake Making Date: 1949
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Lesson In Japanese Dancing Date: 1949
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Rice Transplantation Date: 1949
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Sarusawa Pond Date: 1949
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Saururus Chinensis and Hypericum Patulum Series: Fifty Flower Subjects Date: 1930/31
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Snow at Ginkakuji Temple Date: 1930s
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Snow at Ginkakuji Temple Date: 1930s
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Night Scene of Kitano Shrine Date: 1952
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Lake Shojin Date: 1949 |
Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Tojinbo Date: 1949 |
Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Big Buddha Of Todaiji Temple Date: 1953 |
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Snow In Toji Temple Date: 1953
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Moon Light In Yasaka Pagoda Date: 1952
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Night Scene of Kitano Shrine Date: 1952
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Rain At Sanjusangendo Temple, Kyoto Date: 1953
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Twilight In Yakushiji Temple Date: 1953
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Snow In Toji Temple Date: 1953
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Twilight In The Village, Nara Date: 1953
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Rain In Higashi Honganji Temple, Kyoto Date: 1953
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Spring At Kurama Temple Date: 1953 |
Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Spring in Daigoji Temple Date: 1951 |
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Artist: Asano, Takeji Title: Dorokyo; Nachi Waterfall; Kouyasan Nemoto Big Pagoda; Shirahama Onsen; Wakanoura; Kinomatsushima; Series: Views of Wakayama Date: 1940s |
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