Masao Ido Personal History

1945 11.11 Born in China

1946 Moved to Iwate Japan

1959 Moved to Kyoto Japan

1961 Became Koho Yoshida’s (a dyeing artist) private pupil

1972 Started working on woodblock Prints

1972 Studied under Shigechika Ohthubo (a councilor of Nitten)

 

Prizes

Sanki-kai Award, Winning of the Grand Prize for the Nichidoh Woodblock Printings,

Acceptance to the Japan Woodblock Printing Association Exhibition

Publications

Poems of Woodblock(Kyoto Shoin), Seasonal Sceneries of Japan (NHK),

Kenji Miyazawa-Pictures in Mind (Kawade Shobo), The Bears of Mt. Nametoko (Sunmark),

Crossing the snow (Sun mark), The Nighthawk Star (Sunmark)

Exhibitions

Japan: Kyoto, Tokyo, Morioka, Sendai, Nagoya, Fukuyama, Fukuoka (at department stores and galleries every year)

U.S.A.: New York, Chicago, Vancouver Europe: France, Switzerland, Austria, Asia: China, Thailand

Prepaid Cards

JR Orange Card, NTT Telephone Card

Murals

Morioka Sakuragi Elementary School, Hanamaki Miyanome Elementary School, Hanamaki Miyanome Junior High School,

Hanamaki Agricultural Cooperative Association’s Country Elevator

Posters

JR in Hanamaki, JR in Kyoto

Postcards

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications’ International Picture Postcards; “Traditional Scenes of the Old Capital",

Kinki Postal Administration; “Kyo”/“Miyako”, Tohoku Postal Administration; “Kenji’s Hometown/ Hanamaki”

Stage Arts

Sumi Hanayagi;”ayashi”

Show Produce

“Kyoto 21 in Hanamaki”

Owned by

Japan: Kyoto, Iwate, Morioka, Hanamaki, Fukuyama, Matsue, Fukui, U.S.A.: Vancouver, Chicago Botanic Garden,

Los Angels County Museum, Italy: Florence, Austria: Graz ,China: Shaanxi

GALLERY GADO

27 Miyashiki Hirano Kita Kyoto 603-8365 Japan

TEL 81-75-464-1655 e-mail mokuhanga@gado.jp FAX 81-75-464-0747