Born in present-day Yokohama, he moved to France in 1919 (via the United States) to learn
copperplate printing, and never returned to Japan. According to one source his work showsthe influence of
Chagall,
Dufy, Laboureur,
Pascin,
Picasso and Edouard Goerg Alas. He revived the so-called
Mezzotint technique and found the power and the depth of black in wood engraving. Works such as Hasegawa's come from the heart. His art is subtle and delicate. It is an ideal created in the silence of the workshop with memories of the recent past, transposed by the sharpness and delicacy of Oriental sensibilities. ==Distinctions and awards==