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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'' () is a Japanese style of painting that typically uses mineral pigments, and occasionally ink, together with other organic pigments on silk or paper. The term was coined during the Meiji period (1868–1912) to differentiate it from ...
'' painter and designer.
He received a commission to decorate the ''Take-no-ma'' audience room of the Tokyo Imperial Palace
is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the where the Emperor h ...
, a hall that has an area of 182 square meters, or 55 ''tsubo
A ''pyeong'' (abbreviationpy) is a Korean unit of area (mathematics), area and floorspace, equal to a square ''kan (unit), kan'' or 36square Korean feet. The ''ping'' and ''tsubo'' are its equivalent Taiwanese units, Taiwanese and Japanese units ...
''. 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 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 Nationa ...
.
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 ...
(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. Some artists also painted in the western ''Yōga'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at points.
Artists are listed b ...
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