Gakuryō Nakamura (中村岳陵, Nakamura Gakuryō) (1890–1969) was a Japanese ''
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 ...
'' painter and designer.
He received a commission to decorate the ''Hōmei-den'' state banquet hall of the
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 va ...
. He designed the tapestry works for the decorations of the wall called “Toyohata-gumo (A Pretty Bank of Clouds)”. He was also commissioned to decorate the ''Ume-no-Ma'' audience room, a hall that has an area of 152 square meters or 46 ''
tsubo
A ''pyeong'' (abbreviationpy) is a Korean unit of area and floorspace, equal to a square '' kan'' or 36square Korean feet. The ''ping'' and ''tsubo'' are its equivalent Taiwanese and Japanese units, similarly based on a square '' bu'' ( ja:步) ...
''. His “Kouhaku-bai” drawing is at the centre of the wall.
See also
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Seison Maeda
was the art-name of a nihonga painter in the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan. His legal name was Maeda Renzō. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary Japanese painters, and one of the leaders of the Nihonga movement.
Biography
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(1885–1977), one of the leading ''Nihonga'' painters
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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
Artnet , Gakuryō Nakamura
1890 births
1969 deaths
Nihonga painters
Buddhist artists
Recipients of the Order of Culture
Artists from Shizuoka Prefecture
20th-century Japanese painters
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