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ese modern painter of the ''
Nihonga'' style of
watercolour painting. His original name was Yoshizō (義三). The name Togyū referred to a poem from his father who ran a publishing business.
Okumura is characterized by his works which achieve unusual, exquisite quality of colours through the application of the white gofun pigment 100 or 200 times as foundation.
Biography
*1889 Born in
Kyōbashi,
Tokyo
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*1900 Completes shogakko (junior school).
*1926 Makes the acquaintance of
Hayami Gyoshu.
*1959 Becomes a director of the Japanese fine arts institute.
*1962 Awarded the Japanese
Order of Culture.
*1978 Appointed chief director of the Japanese fine arts institute.
*1990 Dies aged 101.
Major works
He painted Mount Fuji, which is in the
Tokyo Imperial Palace.
*鳴門 (1959, 128.5×160.5 cm)
*鹿 (1968, 114.7×145.0 cm)
*醍醐 (1972, 135.5×115.8 cm)
*閑日 (1974, 73.0×100.0 cm)
*吉野 (1977, 108.6×184.4 cm)
*富士宮の富士 (1982, 76.1×115.1 cm)
*蠣 (1984, 102.0×131.0 cm)
*寅 (1985, 16.2×49.5 cm)
Books and collections of work
*スケッチそのをりをり (collection of sketches, 1917)
*牛のあゆみ (autobiography, 1974)
Major collections holding works by Okumura
*Okumura Togyu Memorial Museum (
Nagano prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
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Yamatane Museum
See also
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Kaii Higashiyama
was a Japanese writer and artist particularly renowned for his Nihonga style paintings. As one of the most popular artists in post-war Japan, Higashiyama was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1956 and the Order of Culture in 1969.
Biograph ...
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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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References
Japanese arts, what & where?Tatsuo Takayama - 1987
1889 births
1990 deaths
Japanese centenarians
Men centenarians
Nihonga painters
Artists from Tokyo
People from Chūō, Tokyo
Recipients of the Order of Culture
20th-century Japanese painters
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