Sanzo Wada

Sanzo Wada (和田 三造, Wada Sanzō, 3 March 1883 – 22 August 1967) was a Japanese painter and costume designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for his work on the jidaigeki film Gate of Hell (1953).[1] Wada reorganized the Japan Standard Color Association into the Japan Color Research Laboratory in 1945, and served as its president.

Personal life

Wada was born in Hyogo Prefecture, moving to Fukuoka with his family at age 13, and moved again to Tokyo at age 16 with the intention of becoming a painter.[2]

Bibliography
  • A Dictionary of Color Combinations (2011) [3]
  • A Dictionary of Color Combinations - Volume II (2020) [4]

References
  1. "A Dictionary of Color Combinations". Kettle's Yard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. "WADA SANZO | DICTIONARY OF COLOR COMBINATIONS". sanzo-wada.dmbk.io. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. "A Dictionary of Color Combinations". Kettle's Yard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. "A Dictionary of Color Combinations - Volume II". Kettle's Yard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.


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