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10. "Midorihibiku" (Resonating Green) - 1972, Collection of the Nagano
Prefectural Museum of Art (Depicting Lake Misakaike)
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1984 Selected to join as a member of the
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of the Crown Prince. A second imperial commission followed, resulting in the 1968 mural, "Tide at
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In 1960, he painted a large mural entitled "Sun, Moon, and The Four
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style paintings. As one of the most popular artists in post-war Japan, Higashiyama was awarded the
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13. "Yūsei" (Evening Star) - 1999, Collection of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art (Final Work)
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1975 Commissioned by the Emperor to paint "Spring Daybreak" as a state gift to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Wien 1985: Phänomen Fax-Art. Beuys, Warhol und Higashiyama setzen dem Kalten Krieg ein Zeichen.
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16. "Shūshō" (Autumn Evening) - Lithograph, 1998, Published by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun Company
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1. "Zanshō" (Afterglow) - 1947, Collection of the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art
453:"Kaii Hisashiyama Profile | KAGAWA PREFECTURAL HIGASHIYAMA KAII SETOUCHI ART MUSEUM"
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1994 Higashiyama Kaii Art Gallery was opened in Ichikawa City Life Learning Center.
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1990 Higashiyama Kaii Gallery was opened in Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum.
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5. "Byakuya" (White Night) - 1963, Collection of the Kitazawa Museum of Art
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He also painted several murals of Japanese and Chinese landscapes, for the
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was a Japanese writer and artist particularly renowned for his
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participated in the "Global-Art-Fusion" project. This was a
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1956 Received the Japan Art Academy Award for "Twilight”.
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1950 Appointed as a member of the Nitten Exhibition Jury.
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8. "Hanaakari" (Flower Light) - 1968, Private Collection
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Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum
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where he attended Kobe Junior High School (presently
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