Katō Yasu

Born in Tokyo. Grad. 1929 Kyoto College of Crafts and Textiles. Illustrator of children’s books. Studied printmaking with Hiratsuka Un’ichi. Also influenced by Onchi Köshirö and Kawanishi Hide. Exhibited with Kokugakai from 1943. Member of Nihon Hanga Kyökai from 1947. Many solo exhibitions in Japan and abroad including a show of 120 Japanese fish in 1965 in Osaka. Prints often depict scenes influenced by European travels.

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

U.S.A.: University of Hawaii Press, 1992, Page 56