is a Japanese painter in the ''
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 ...
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watercolour painting
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...
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Biography
Uchida was born in 1949 in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
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In 1975 she completed her studies in the university of
Musashino art school; she exhibited twice in that year, being awarded a prize by the .
After that, she mainly conducted sougakai activities. From 1993 she served at the teaching school at Musashino art school, and won first prize at the 12th Yamatane museum prize exhibition.
In 2002 she won the
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 ...
memorial nikkei nihonga grand prize.
She has given personal exhibitions in many places.
Her compositions are characterized by a bold form and colours which are each independent.
Major works
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External links
Official website
1949 births
Japanese watercolourists
Living people
Nihonga painters
Artists from Tokyo
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