Heihachirō Fukuda

picture info	Heihachirō Fukuda was a Japanese ''Nihonga'' painter and designer. He received a commission to decorate the ''Take-no-ma'' audience room of the Tokyo Imperial Palace, a hall that has an area of 182 square meters, or 55 ''tsubo''. The piece “''Take''” depicts bamboo. The hall also features works by Tatsuaki Kuroda and Hajime Kato. His work is a part of the collection of the Menard Art Museum, the Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. See also * Seison Maeda (1885–1977), one of the leading ''Nihonga'' painters * List of Nihonga painters This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''Nihonga'' style. It has to be noted that some artists also painted in the western ''Yōga'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at poin ... References External links Japan Times , “The 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Fukuda Heihachiro: The Modern Nihonga, a Novel Sense of Design”Artnet , H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nihonga ''Nihonga'' (, "Japanese-style paintings") are Japanese paintings from about 1900 onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials. While based on traditions over a thousand years old, the term was coined in the Meiji period of Imperial Japan, to distinguish such works from Western-style paintings or ''Yōga'' (). History The impetus for reinvigorating traditional painting by developing a more modern Japanese style came largely from many artist/educators, which included Shiokawa Bunrin, Kōno Bairei, Tomioka Tessai and art critics Okakura Tenshin and Ernest Fenollosa, who attempted to combat Meiji Japan's infatuation with Western culture by emphasizing to the Japanese the importance and beauty of native Japanese traditional arts. These two men played important roles in developing the curricula at major art schools, and actively encouraged and patronized artists. ''Nihonga'' was not simply a continuation of olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tokyo Imperial Palace The is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the where the Emperor has his living quarters, the where various ceremonies and receptions take place, some residences of the Imperial Family, an archive, museums and administrative offices. It is built on the site of the old Edo Castle. The total area including the gardens is . During the height of the 1980s Japanese property bubble, the palace grounds were valued by some to be more than the value of all of the real estate in the U.S. state of California. History Edo castle After the capitulation of the shogunate and the Meiji Restoration, the inhabitants, including the Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, were required to vacate the premises of the Edo Castle. Leaving the Kyoto Imperial Palace on 26 November 1868, the Emperor arrived at the Edo Castle, made it to his new residence and renamed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Japanese Units Of Measurement Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō (, "''shaku–kan'' system") is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago. It is largely based on the Chinese system, which spread to Japan and the rest of the Sinosphere in antiquity. It has remained mostly unaltered since the adoption of the measures of the Tang dynasty in 701. Following the 1868 Meiji Restoration, Imperial Japan adopted the metric system and defined the traditional units in metric terms on the basis of a prototype metre and kilogram. The present values of most Korean and Taiwanese units of measurement derive from these values as well. For a time in the early 20th century, the traditional, metric, and English systems were all legal in Japan. Although commerce has since been legally restricted to using the metric system, the old system is still used in some instances. The old measures are common in carpentry and agriculture, with tools such as chisels, spatels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tatsuaki Kuroda was a Japanese woodworker and lacquerware artist. He was nominated a Living National Treasure in 1970. He received a commission to create the doorknob bases for the ''Take-no-Ma'' audience room in the new Tokyo Imperial Palace. The bases are 52cm in diameter and decorated with “raden”, in which shell or pieces of precious metals are set. On the inner side pearl oyster from Japan were used, while on the outer side Mexican shells were set. The hall also features works by Heihachirō Fukuda and Hajime Katō. See also * Seison Maeda (1885–1977), one of the leading ''Nihonga'' painters * List of Nihonga painters This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''Nihonga'' style. It has to be noted that some artists also painted in the western ''Yōga'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at poin ... References 1904 births 1982 deaths Living National Treasures of Japan Artists from Kyoto Prefecture Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hajime Katō (potter) Hajime Katō (加藤土師萌, Katō Hajime) (March 7, 1900 – September 25, 1968) was a Japanese potter. He was named a Living National Treasure in 1961. Biography He was born in Seto, Aichi prefecture. He served as an assistant in the Aichi Prefecture Ceramics school until 1921. In 1926 he moved to Mino, Gifu where he continued his research and experiments in pottery. In 1927, he won an award at the 8th Imperial Art Academy exhibition (today the Japan Art Academy). He won the Grand Prix at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris. During the war, he lived in Yokohama and studied Chinese Ming porcelain. After the war he was appointed professor of the Ceramics department at Tokyo University of the Arts. On April 27, 1961 he was nominated as a Living National Treasure for enamels porcelain. In 1966, he became the president of the Japan Crafts Association and also became an expert committee member on the Council for Protection of Cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Menard Art Museum The Menard Art Museum (メナード美術館) is a museum located in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The museum was founded by the owners of Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co. and opened in 1987. Art works in the permanent collection include "''Portrait of Jeanne Martin in hat adorned with rose''" by Édouard Manet (1881), and "''Man in a Field or Evening, the End of the Day''" (1889) by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The museum has a large collection of Japanese paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries. On display are both works of art in traditional Japanese style of painting (''Nihonga''), as well as images that have been influenced by Western art movements (''Yōga''). Paintings in traditional Japanese style are by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Ogata Kōrin, Katsushika Oi, Yokoyama Taikan, Uemura Shōen, Kobayashi Kokei, Yasuda Yukihiko, Maeda Seison, Murakami Kagaku, Okumura Togyū, Fukuda Heihachirō, Hayami Gyoshū, Higashiyama Kaii, Takayama Tatsuo, Kayama Matazō and Hirayama I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Osaka City Museum Of Modern Art is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Osaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka greatly expanded in size and underwent rapid industrialization. In 1889, Osaka was officially established as a municipality. The constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]