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[[File:Guanyu-higaseisei.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A painting of [[Guan Yu]] (or, Guān dì wáng) by Higa Seisei, on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]
*''Born: [[1868]]/12/16''
*''Died: 1939''
*''Other Names'': 華山 ''(Kazan)'', 楽水 ''(Rakusui)''
*''Japanese'': [[比嘉]]盛清 ''(Higa Seisei)''
Higa Seisei was a prominent Okinawan painter of the [[Meiji period]], known especially for his pictures of genre scenes, many of which survive today.
Born in Wakasa-machi in [[Naha]], Higa studied painting under [[Sadoyama Anpo|Sadoyama Anpô]] (Mô Eiho)<!--佐渡山安豊・毛永保-->. In [[1908]], at the first exhibition, he participated in the formation of the Tansei Association<!--丹青協会-->.
His surviving works include paintings of [[Guan Yu]], [[Daruma]], Okinawan wedding ceremonies, and simply of Okinawan men and women in traditional clothing.
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==References==
*''Ryûkyû kaiga ten'', Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (2009), 95.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Born: [[1868]]/12/16''
*''Died: 1939''
*''Other Names'': 華山 ''(Kazan)'', 楽水 ''(Rakusui)''
*''Japanese'': [[比嘉]]盛清 ''(Higa Seisei)''
Higa Seisei was a prominent Okinawan painter of the [[Meiji period]], known especially for his pictures of genre scenes, many of which survive today.
Born in Wakasa-machi in [[Naha]], Higa studied painting under [[Sadoyama Anpo|Sadoyama Anpô]] (Mô Eiho)<!--佐渡山安豊・毛永保-->. In [[1908]], at the first exhibition, he participated in the formation of the Tansei Association<!--丹青協会-->.
His surviving works include paintings of [[Guan Yu]], [[Daruma]], Okinawan wedding ceremonies, and simply of Okinawan men and women in traditional clothing.
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==References==
*''Ryûkyû kaiga ten'', Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (2009), 95.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]