Very well written         Yasuo Kuniyoshi has been described as, "Japanese by birth but American by long residence and conviction" (Current Biography 477).         Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-American painter born in Okayama, Japan, on September 1, 1893. At first, he was uninterested in becoming a artist and studied dyeing and weaving of fine fabrics. He was sent to the United States in 1906 to study methods of industrial production in the textile field, but ended up receiving Western artistic training. …showed first 75 words of 605 total…

…showed last 75 words of 605 total…and emphasized pattern and symbolic content (Encyclopedia of American Art 304).         Kuniyoshi's Amazing Juggler, painted in 1952 a year before his death exemplifies his last style which consist of fantasy with ominous overtones: slit eyed, sword-nosed mask worn by the carnival juggler, clumsy hands, and all painted in high-pitched colour glazes. (Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists 327). "Kuniyoshi, Yasuo." Current Biography. 1969 ed. "Kuniyoshi, Yasuo." Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists. 1988 ed. "Kuniyoshi, Yasuo (1893-1953)." Encyclopedia of American Art. 1981 ed.