Sora Mitsuaki 空充秋, 1933-

Sora_Mitsuaki_photo (4K) Mitsuaki Sora was born in Hiroshima in 1933. He graduated from Tama College of Fine Arts. The artist is a well-known sculpturer who specializes in stone sculptures. Since the 1960s he is also very active in woodblock printmaking.

See:

  • Frances Blakemore. Who's Who in Modern Japanese Prints (New York, Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1975), p. 188.
  • Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, c1992), p. 138.
  • Mary and Norman Tolman. Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Rutland Vermont & Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1994), p. 239.

Sora_FamilyS (145K) Creator.Personal Name: 空充秋, 1933-
Creator.Personal Name: Sora Mitsuaki, 1933-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: Family S.
Description: colored woodblock print; signed, dated and numbered (55/200) in print.
Date: 1969.
Type: Woodcuts.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 6 x 9 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Sora S-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Title and signature:
Sora_FamilyS_titlesig (25K)
Sora_70A (598K) Creator.Personal Name: 空充秋, 1933-
Creator.Personal Name: Sora Mitsuaki, 1933-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 70-A.
Description: colored woodblock print; signed, dated and numbered (38/150) in print.
Date: 1969.
Type: Woodcuts.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 6 x 9 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Sora S-2
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Title and signature:
Sora_70A_sig (70K)
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