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Japan Times , “The 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Fukuda Heihachiro: The Modern Nihonga, a Novel Sense of Design”
Artnet , Heihachiro Fukuda
1892 births 1974 deaths Recipients of the Order of Culture People from Ōita Prefecture 20th-century Japanese painters {{Japan-painter-stub
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 ''Take-no-ma'' audience room 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 ...
, a hall that has an area of 182 square meters, or 55 ''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) ...
''. The piece “''Take''” depicts bamboo. The hall also features works by 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 52 ...
and Hajime Kato.
His work is a part of the collection of the 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 "''Portra ...
, the Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
The is an art museum in Kyoto, Japan.
This Kyoto museum is also known by the English acronym MoMAK (Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto).
History
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK) was initially created as the Annex Museum of the National ...
.
See also
*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
* 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 , Heihachiro Fukuda
1892 births 1974 deaths Recipients of the Order of Culture People from Ōita Prefecture 20th-century Japanese painters {{Japan-painter-stub