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Aoyama Sanyu

あおやま さんう

Aoyama Sanyu

Pen Names: SanyuUsed as art name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1912-06-06 (Murakuno, Kusoi Village, Haguri District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1993-02-13 (Tokyo, Japan) age 80
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
calligrapher, educator
Active Years
1934-1993
Affiliations
Daito Bunka University, Japan Art Academy
Memberships
Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
Nishikawa Yasushi
Influenced
Sekine Un'en, Naruse Eizan

Awards

Prince Higashikuni Award
1941
Organization: Taito Shodoin
Result: 受賞
Minister of Education Award
1963
Work: Zhouyi: Zhongfu
Organization: Nitten
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Award
1965
Work: An excerpt from the Book of Songs
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
1985
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Order of Culture
1992
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Senior Third Rank
1993
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 追贈

Awards & Nominations

Works

Bibliography

  • Aoyama Sanyu Calligraphy
  • Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy
  • The Reality of Calligraphy: Stories from Chinese Calligraphy History
  • Travel in Jiangnan: Cultural Landscapes of Chinese Literati
  • Illustrated Guide to Ming and Qing Dynasty Calligraphy
  • Character Spirituality
  • Works of Aoyama Sanyu
  • Collected Writings of Aoyama Sanyu

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Seal scriptClerical scriptStudy of ancient scripts
Recurring Motifs
distinct appearance in each work

Health

  • pneumonia
    1993年2月
    cause of death

Legacy

He expressed Chinese calligraphy with Japanese sensibility and worked to popularize calligraphy

Museums

  • Naritasan Calligraphy Museum Narita, Chiba, Japan Opened in 1990

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy