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(July 25, 1903 – December 16, 1988) was a Japanese artist. He graduated from the
(July 25, 1903 – December 16, 1988) was a Japanese artist. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts
or is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter ...
western art department in 1927 and had a successful career from early on. During World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
he was often commissioned paintings depicting Japanese military scenes, such as the signing of the British surrender of Singapore
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, and Japanese infantrymen making their way through high grass fields in Malaysia
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. He returned to mainstream painting following the war, and painted until his death. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
.
See also
*Iku Takenaka
Iku Takenaka (竹中郁, ''Takenaka Iku'' 1904–1982) was a Japanese poet from Hyogo prefecture. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University. His best-known work is a cinepoem ''Rugby''.
He met Ryunosuke Akutagawa who wrote closet screenplays, ...
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1903 births 1988 deaths Tokyo School of Fine Arts alumni Artists from Kobe Japanese war artists World War II artists 20th-century Japanese painters Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Japan-artist-stub