Minagawa Kien

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Minagawa Kien was a Confucian scholar based in Kyoto in the late 18th century.

He is known for a number of activities including contributing to sponsoring or organizing a series of Spring-Autumn Exhibition at Higashiyama biannual art exhibits in the 1790s,[1]

His grave is located at Amida-ji temple along Teramachi Avenue in Kyoto.[2]

References

  1. Michiyo Morioka and Paul Berry, Modern Masters of Kyoto, Seattle Art Museum (2000), 16.
  2. Plaques on-site at Amida-ji.