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Japanese copper printmaker

Yozo Hamaguchi
Born	April 5, 1909 Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Died	December 25, 2000 Tokyo, Japan
Monuments	Musee Hamaguchi Yozo: Yamasa Collection
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Tokyo University of the Arts (Did not complete)
Known for	Mezzotint Printmaking
Spouse	Keiko Minami (1939 - 2000)

Yozo Hamaguchi (April 5, 1909 - December 25, 2000) was a Japanesecopper printmaker who specialized in mezzotint and was responsible for its resurgence as a printmaking medium in the mid-20th century.^[1] Hamaguchi's prints are distinguished for their careful attention to detail of boldly hued animals and objects contrasted against a velvety black background.

The corpus of Hamaguchi's prints are focused on the still life genre.

Once considered a major printmaking medium in Europe throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries, the influence and technological ingenuity of photograph