About Hōshun Yamaguchi
Lived 1893 – 1971 (aged 77). Hōshun Yamaguchi was a Japanese painter.
Hōshun Yamaguchi (山口蓬春, Yamaguchi Hōshun) (1893–1971) was a Japanese Nihonga painter and designer.
He received a commission to paint a piece for the new Tokyo Imperial Palace. The piece titled “Kaede (maples)” is a large painting measuring 2.74x2.5 metres. It is located on the cedar door of the east corridor of the Seiden hall. Opposite of it on the other side is “Sakura (cherry)” by Meiji Hashimoto.
The preparatory drawing for the panel at a 4:1 scale dating to 1967 is in the Yamatane Museum of Art in Tokyo.
The Yamaguchi Hoshun Memorial Museum exhibits many of his works.
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Who was Hōshun Yamaguchi?
Japanese painter (1893-1971)
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Hōshun Yamaguchi was born on 15 October 1893 in Hokkaidō.
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Hōshun Yamaguchi died on 31 May 1971.
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Hōshun Yamaguchi was a painter.
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Hōshun Yamaguchi was Japanese.
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