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Wild Chrysanthemum - 野菊
by Ikeda, Shuzo - 池田修三

Artist:	Ikeda, Shuzo - 池田修三
Title:	Wild Chrysanthemum - 野菊
Date:	1965 (this artwork: First edition)
Publisher:	Self
Medium:	Woodblock - 木版画
Format:	Large Oban - 大大判, 29.8 x 42.2cm (image size)
Artwork Code:	9243-Ikeda_Shuzo
Notes:	Edition 32/70.
Artist Biography:	Shuzo Ikeda was born in 1922 in Kisakata-machi, Akita Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School in 1945, and began to teach from 1946 to 1955. After teaching, Ikeda worked in Tokyo as a full-time "Hanga" artist (that is, an artist who produced art via a printing technique; in Ikeda's case: woodblock printing). He was especially good in integrating the texture of the woodblock grain into his images. Shuzo specialized in wide-eyed children with flowers, birds, insects, sacred stone images, and dolls. His earlier works of the 1960's were mostly black-and-white or two-toned. He often signed his drawings as "Shu. Ikeda". His works can be found in sizes ranging from postcard to double-oban. See my JAODB for a good selection of Ikeda's works. 1922（大正11）年、秋田県にかほ市象潟町生まれ。木版画家。1977（昭和52）年、日本版画家協会を退会。1980年代に秋田相互銀行（秋田あけぼの銀行）のカレンダーや通帳、NTTや日本生命などの企業カレンダー、テレホンカードなどに作品が採用され、秋田県を中心に広くその名を知られるようになった。2004年（平成16）年に82歳で死去するまで、情緒あふれる子供たちの情景など、センチメンタリズムを感じる作品を創り続けた。
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