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Kawabata Ryûshi was a ''[[Nihonga]]'' & ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter.  

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.

Originally from [[Wakayama]] City, his childhood name was Shôtarô. His family ran a shop selling textiles and kimono.

 

Taking the art-name Ryûshi, he began his artistic career as a ''yôga'' painter (painting in oils, in a Western style). He worked for a time providing images for the ''Kokumin shimbun'' newspaper and participated in the ''[[Hakubakai]]'' (White Horse Society) artist association. 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 (1915), he joined a number of other artists in forming the [[Sangokai]] (Coral Group). He also became active for a time in the ''[[Nihon Bijutsuin]]'' (Japan Arts Institute), the preeminent ''Nihonga'' group in Japan, but left in 1926 and co-founded a new ''Nihonga'' painters' collective called ''[[Seiryusha|Seiryûsha]]''.

In 1934, he traveled to Japanese-controlled Micronesia, writing about his experiences and painting South Seas scenes in Palau and Yap.

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.

Ryûshi died in 1966 at the age of 81.