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The Kyoto artist Ido Masao was born in Manchuria (northeast China) in 1945, but his family moved to Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, Japan in 1946 and to Kyoto in 1959. Ido apprenticed with Mitsuho Yoshida, a traditional fabric dyer, in 1961, and also studied in Kyoto with Yoshida Koho and Otsubo Shigechika (woodblock prints) in 1972.

Now a long-time resident of Kyoto, he has hosted a television show on a Japanese cable network (NKK) on making woodblock prints. A highly regarded modern printmaker focused on traditional themes, Ido is the premier printmaker in the Kyoto area.

Works by Ido are included in the collections of such institutions as the Museum of Modern of Art, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Florence Municipal Museum; Kyoto National Miuseum; and Tokyo National Museum.

For more information about this artist, see Ido Masao Biography.

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