Sakuichi Fukazawa

Sakuichi Fukazawa was a Japanese painter and woodblock printer working within the sosaku-hanga "creative prints" movement.
Fukazawa was born in Niigata Prefecture and moved to Tokyo at a young age, where he attended Tokyo Central School of Commerce and Industry. Around 1918 he learnt the art of woodblock printing under Suwa Kanenori and exhibited at the Sosaku Hanga Kyokai in 1922. His work appeared in magazines such as 'Minato' and its successor 'Kaze'.
He was a founding member of the Nippon Hanga Kyokai in 1931. He worked for the Han magazine alongside Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Azechi Umetarō and Munakata Shikō. He contributed thirteen prints to the series Shin Tokyo Hyakkei which was produced from 1928 to 1932. He took part in the painting events at the 1932 and [Art competitions at the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Summer Olympics|1936] Olympic Games. From 1936 he designed woodblock-printed covers for books.