Biography Hatsuyama, Shigeru (1897 - 1973)

Born in Asakusa, Tokyo, in 1897, Hatsuyama Shigeru studied painting as a child, then was apprenticed to a goldsmith; he worked for a fabric dyer for five years, then worked for a kabuki actor, wrote poetry, and in 1919 he became an illustrator for children's magazines. Not until the late 20s did he start making woodblock prints. In the period leading up to the war he stopped making illustrations because he objected to creating propaganda pictures for children, and he devoted his energy to hanga. In 1944 he became a member of the Nihon Hanga Kyôkai. After the war he remained active as a woodblock print artist, concentrating of pictures for children or with children as subjects.



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