Masuo Ikeda

Japanese artist (1934–1997).

Born February 23rd, 1934 in Shenyang.

Died March 8th, 1997 at 63 years old

Occupations
ceramicist, film director, graphic artist, illustrator, novelist, painter, printer, printmaker, sculptor
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi