Yuasa Toshiko 湯浅年子 - A4 Riso Print (Signed and Numbered)
Yuasa Toshiko 湯浅年子
First Japanese woman physicist
日本国外で活動した初の日本人女性物理学者 (1909年12月11日-1980年2月1日)
すでに第二次大戦は始まっていたのにも関わらず、彼女は研究を続けるためにパリに引っ越しました。
Yuasa was born in Tokyo and graduated from the Division of Science at Tokyo Women’s Higher Normal School (now Ochanomizu University) and enrolled in the Department of Physics at Tokyo Bunrika University (now University of Tsukuba). With this enrollment, she became the first woman in Japan to study physics, and she graduated from the department in 1934.
After her graduation, she began teaching part-time at Tokyo Bunrika University and started researching molecular spectroscopy—the study of the interaction between matter and radiation. Although the Second World War had already started, she moved to Paris in 1940 to continue her research, earning a doctorate in science in 1943.
In 1944 she was forced to move to Berlin where she continued her research and invented her own beta-ray spectrometer. She was ordered by Soviet officials to return to Japan in 1945. Due to the prohibition on nuclear research imposed by the United States Occupation Forces, she was unable to continue her previous research and instead returned to university as a professor. From 1955, she permanently emigrated to France and worked at CNRS as a chief researcher.
Yuasa was posthumously conferred the Order of the Precious Crown of the Third Class in 1980 and in 2002 Ochanomizu University introduced a sponsorship for young women to travel to France to further their studies in Yuasa’s name.
What is a riso print?
These prints use risograph technology, a method of printing developed in Japan in the mid-1980s. It can be described as a mix between screenprinting and photocopying. The risograph process produces prints with extremely vibrant, crisp inks, and sometimes these inks overlap during the printing process to create interesting and unique details. These soy-based inks also have a lower environmental impact.
Product details
Printed in Tokyo, Japan by Hand Saw Press print studio. Each print is A4 size (210 x 297 mm / 8.27 x 11.69 in) and printed on Natural White 186gsm Takeo Araveal paper. Acid-free and FSC Approved.
Each print is signed with a traditional Japanese ‘hanko’ artist stamp and hand-numbered from a limited edition of 20. Prints are packaged in cello bags with rigid cardboard inserts and shipped in flat mailers.
Please note that frames are not included.
Delivery times & prices
We ship worldwide. 日本へ国際郵便で送ります。
UK deliveries: 3-4 working days via Royal Mail 1st class
International deliveries available via Royal Mail International Standard Airmail
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