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Biography Tanaka, Kyôkichi (1892 - 1915)

The life of Tanaka Kyôkichi is in fact an emblem of unfulfilled promise: he died far too young, before he had been able to fully develop his considerable potential. Born in Wakayama, he entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1911, enlisting in the Japanese-style painting section.
Together with Onchi Kôshirô, who was one year older than he, and Fujimori Shizuo, he began planning the important print and poetry magazine Tsukubae in 1913. He contributed poems and prints to that magazine in 1914-1915, though he was already critically ill with tuberculosis. Together with Onchi he designed illustrations for the book Tsuki ni Hoeru - Howling at the Moon by poet Hagiwara Sakutarô, which was published in 1917. After his death in 1915 he was honoured with a posthumous exhibition of his prints.




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