Saburo Hasegawa

Saburō Hasegawa
長谷川 三郎
Born6 September 1906
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Died11 March 1957
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityJapanese
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Occupation(s)calligrapher, artist, educator, critic
Known forPainting, art criticism, Japanese traditional arts
StyleAbstraction, Calligraphy

Saburō Hasegawa (長谷川 三郎, Hasegawa Saburō, 6 September 1906 – 11 March 1957) was a Japanese-born American calligrapher, painter, art writer, curator, and teacher. He was an early advocate of abstract art in Japan and an equally vocal supporter of the Japanese traditional arts (Japanese calligraphy, ikebana, tea ceremony, ink painting) and Zen Buddhism. Throughout his career he argued for the connection between East Asian classical arts and Western abstract painting.