Ueda Fujō
Ueda Fujō 上田富丈 [うえだふじょう] (1899-1979*)
BIOGRAPHY
Source: Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975, Helen Merritt, University of Hawaii Press, 1992, p. 160.
B. 1899 in Kobe. Studied with Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947), Onchi Kōshirō (1891-1955), and Munakata Shikō (1903-1975). Exhibited with Banga-in, Nihon Hanga Kyokai, and in international exhibitions. Member of Japan Artists League. Ueda was also a published poet of haiku.
WorldCat lists two works by Ueda - A book or folio of prints titled Ueda Fujō Sōsaku Hangashū 1 (上田富丈創作板画集. 第1輯) published in Kōbe in 1956 by Gendai Hanga Kyōkai (現代板画協会) and a book of haiku and prints titled Ueda Fujō Haiku Hanga Sakuhinshū published in Kōbe by Gingasha (ギンガ社) in 1966.
* The artist's date of death as given on the website of Hyōgo Prefecture, which lists him as a "haiku poet."
Other woodblocks by this little known artist:
Untitled, 1956
19cm×14cm
Gardens of the Temple of Kyoto, 1966
Narcissus (date unknown)
Summer Maiko 舞妓夏 (date unknown)
Canton Museum of Art Accession No. 59.2
Ukai 鵜飼, 1973
Signatures and Seals
上田富丈 and F. Ueda
富丈 Ueda
Prints in Collection
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White Dream, 1962
IHL Cat. #170