Iwao Akiyama
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 10 years ago |
Date of birth | March 21,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Taketa |
Oita Prefecture | |
Date of died | September 15,2014 |
Died | Matsudo |
Chiba Prefecture | |
Job | Painter |
printmaker | |
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ID | 650436 |
Iwao Akiyama Life story
Iwao Akiyama was a Japanese woodblock printmaker and artist known for distinctive prints of owl and other animals. Akiyama was born in 1921 in Takeda, Ōita Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. He studied drawing under the direction of a Buddhist monk during his childhood. He originally pursued oil painting.