Sakuichi Fukazawa

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| name = Sakuichi Fukazawa

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| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = Painter, woodblock printer

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|9|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Maki,Nishikanbara,Niigata, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1947|1|12|1896|9|4|df=yes}}

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Sakuichi Fukazawa (4 September 1896 – 12 January 1947) 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 (Creative Print Association) in 1922. His work appeared in magazines such as 'Minato' and its successor 'Kaze'.[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG956 Fukazawa Sakuichi (深沢索一)] British Museum

He was a founding member of the Nippon Hanga Kyokai (Japan Print Association) 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 ("One Hundred Views of New Tokyo") which was produced from 1928 to 1932. He took part in the painting events at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920933 |title=Sakuichi Fukazawa |work=Olympedia |accessdate=6 August 2020}} From 1936 he designed woodblock-printed covers for books.