Seison Maeda Nihonga Taish¿ (1 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Seison Maeda ( January 27, 1885 - October 29, 1977) was the pseudonym of a nihonga painter in Taish¿ and Sh¿wa period Japan. His real name was Maeda Renz¿. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary Japanese painters, and one of the founders of the Nihonga movement.Maeda was born in what is now Nakatsugawa city, Gifu Prefecture in 1885. His mother died when he was 13, and he moved to Hong¿ in Tokyo with his father. In 1901, through the introduction of Ozaki K¿y¿, Maeda enrolled at the art school headed by Kajita Hanko, from whom he received the name 'Seison' in 1902. He met and befriended fellow student, Kobayashi Kokei, whose work influenced many of Maeda's early paintings.…