
(1927-2007)
| Clifton Karhu was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1927. From 1946 to 1948 he was stationed in Sasebo, an American navy base in Japan - located between Nagasaki and Fukuoka. He returned toUSA and studied at the Minneapolis Art School from 1950 to 1952. He the returned to Japan as a missionary and made extensive travels through Japan - Kyoto, Shiga and Hiroshima prefecture. In 1963 he moved to Kyoto and got interested in woodblock prints. Karhu mostly carves and prints himself. His subjects are typical Japanese scenes. |

