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Benji Asada

あさだ べんじ

Asada Benji

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1900-12-14 (Fumoto Village, Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture (now Nantan))
Died
1984-12-29 age 84
Nationality
Japanese
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Nihonga painter, printmaker
Active Years
1914-1984
Memberships
Japan Print Association, Kyoto Print Association
Influenced By
Goun Nishimura, Shiko Munakata, Koshiro Onchi

Education

Kyoto City School of Painting
Period: ? - 1924
Year of Graduation: 1924
Country: Japan

Awards

Nitten
1950
Organization: Nitten
Result: 特選
Nitten
1951
Organization: Nitten
Result: 特選
Shin Nitten
1959
Organization: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Result: 文部大臣賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1964
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

1930 Print

1931 Print

1933 Print

1934 Print

1939 Print

1931 Woodblock print

Woodblock print

Woodblock print

Bibliography

Style & Themes

Literary Style
NihongaPrintmaking
Recurring Motifs
Kyoto landscapesflowers

Legacy

One of the representative Nihonga painters and printmakers of the Showa era.

Museums

  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 3-1 Kitanomarukoen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Opened in 1952

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy

Archives

  • Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts