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*''Born: [[1885]]''
*''Died: 1966''
*''Other Names'': 川端昇太郎 ''(Kawabata Shoutarou)''
*''Japanese'': 川端龍子 ''(Kawabata Ryuushi)''
Kawabata Ryûshi was a ''[[Nihonga]]'' & ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter.
Originally from [[Wakayama prefecture]], his childhood name was Shôtarô. He began his artistic career as a ''yôga'' painter (painting in oils, in a Western style), and participated in the ''[[Hakubakai]]'' (White Horse Society). After traveling in Europe & the US around 1913-14, where he viewed some of the greatest Japanese art treasures in Western collections, Ryûshi turned to ''Nihonga'' (painting in traditional Japanese media). The following year, he joined a number of other artists in forming the [[Sangokai]] (Coral Group). Ryûshi came to be quite prominent and celebrated in artistic circles, and was awarded the Order of Culture.
In 1934, he traveled to Japanese-controlled Micronesia, writing about his experiences and painting South Seas scenes in Palau and Yap.
Ryûshi died in 1966 at the age of 81.
==References==
*Berry, Paul and Michiyo Morioka. ''Literati Modern''. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2008. pp156, 179, 289.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B7%9D%E7%AB%AF%E9%BE%8D%E5%AD%90 Kawabata Ryûshi]." ''Bijutsu jinmei jiten'' 美術人名辞典. Shibunkaku.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Died: 1966''
*''Other Names'': 川端昇太郎 ''(Kawabata Shoutarou)''
*''Japanese'': 川端龍子 ''(Kawabata Ryuushi)''
Kawabata Ryûshi was a ''[[Nihonga]]'' & ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter.
Originally from [[Wakayama prefecture]], his childhood name was Shôtarô. He began his artistic career as a ''yôga'' painter (painting in oils, in a Western style), and participated in the ''[[Hakubakai]]'' (White Horse Society). After traveling in Europe & the US around 1913-14, where he viewed some of the greatest Japanese art treasures in Western collections, Ryûshi turned to ''Nihonga'' (painting in traditional Japanese media). The following year, he joined a number of other artists in forming the [[Sangokai]] (Coral Group). Ryûshi came to be quite prominent and celebrated in artistic circles, and was awarded the Order of Culture.
In 1934, he traveled to Japanese-controlled Micronesia, writing about his experiences and painting South Seas scenes in Palau and Yap.
Ryûshi died in 1966 at the age of 81.
==References==
*Berry, Paul and Michiyo Morioka. ''Literati Modern''. Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2008. pp156, 179, 289.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B7%9D%E7%AB%AF%E9%BE%8D%E5%AD%90 Kawabata Ryûshi]." ''Bijutsu jinmei jiten'' 美術人名辞典. Shibunkaku.
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]