Tamami shima biography definition

Background

Shima Tamami (島珠実) was born in Hirosaki, Aomori prefecture. A graduate of the Women's College of Fine Arts (Tokyo) in she joined the Joryû Hanga Kyôkai (女流版画協会) Women's Print Association; also called Nihon Joryû Hanga Kyôkai, 日本女流版画協会) in , a groundbreaking society of female artists who staged exhibitions of their work for ten years ().

Shima contributed prints to their fourth show held in the seventh-floor gallery of the Toyoko Department Store in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Tamami shima biography definition and examples

Shima's prints were promoted in the West after she received a travel grant from the College Women's Association of Japan in Her inclusion as a prize winner in James Michener's iconic (at least in the West) book and print portfolio (see ref.

below) in the same year also made her work more familiar outside of Japan. It appears that Shima's inclusion in the Michener portfolio is the most commonly cited of her achievements, as very little else is known from the usual sources