Iwao Akiyama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Iwao Akiyama

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1921

Place of Birth: Taketa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 15-Sep-2014

Profession: painter, printmaker

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Iwao Akiyama (March 21, 1921 – September 15, 2014) was a Japanese woodblock printmaker and artist known for distinctive prints of owl and other animals.Akiyama was born in 1921 in Takeda, Oita Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu.
He studied drawing under the direction of a Buddhist monk during his childhood.
He originally pursued oil painting.
However, Akiyama changed his focus to woodblock printing after meeting Shiko Munakata, under whom he studied from 1959 until 1965.Iwao Akiyama died in Matsudo, Chiba, on September 15, 2014, at the age of 93.