Kajita Hanko

Born in Tokyo. Given name Jöjirö. Son of famous metalsmith Masaharu. Studied with Nabeta Gyokusai and Suzuki Kason. Assisted Okakura Kakuzö in founding Japan Youth Painting Association (Nihon Seinen Kaiga Kyökai) and Japan Academy (Nihon Bijutsuin). In 1898 was a dean in the Yamagata prefectural art school in Takaoka City; then returned to Tokyo. At turn of the century he was working as a staff illustrator for Yomiuri shinbun and contributed many illustrations for the serialized novel Demon gold (Konjiki yasha) by Ozaki Köyö.

Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975

U.S.A.: University of Hawaii Press, 1992, Page 52