"Yasuo Kazuki: My Sketchbook" Misumi Town Kazuki Museum This is a catalog from a special exhibition sold at the museum. It is old, so it shows signs of wear and tear in places. [Artist Introduction] Yasuo Kazuki (1911-1974). A Western-style painter from Misumi Town, Ozu District, Yamaguchi Prefecture (present-day Nagato City). He is one of the leading Western-style painters of the Showa era. He entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1931 and was transferred to various locations as an art teacher. During the Pacific War, he was interned in the Soviet Union in 1945 and forced to perform hard labor. This became his original experience and the subject and background of his subsequent works. In 1969, he received the 1st Japan Art Grand Prize for his "Siberia Series."