Kikuchi Kan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (2002) award
Kan Kazama
かざま かん
Kazama Kan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1919-01-19 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2003-12-27 （Tokyo, Japan） age 84
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nakano, Tokyo
Career
- Occupations
- Painter, Illustrator
- Active Years
- 1939-2003
- Memberships
- Shinseisakusha Association
- Influenced By
- Iwao Uchida, Genichiro Inokuma, Takanori Ogisu, Johnny Friedlaender
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Kogei High School | Special Department of Woodcraft | Woodcraft Department | — | ～1939 | Japan |
Tokyo Kogei High School
Special Department of Woodcraft
/ Woodcraft Department
Period:
～1939
Year of Graduation:
1939
Country:
Japan
Predecessor of Chiba University.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | New Artists Award of the Shinseisakusha Association | — | — | Shinseisakusha Association | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Kodansha Illustration Award | — | — | Kodansha | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | — | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize | 受賞 |
New Artists Award of the Shinseisakusha Association
1949
Organization:
Shinseisakusha Association
Result:
受賞
Kodansha Illustration Award
1964
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
2002
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Bibliography
- This Town, This Taste
- In the Margins of Illustrations
- Kan Kazama Self-Selected Collection
- Recommendation of Pencil Drawings
- Travel Sketch
- Kan Kazama Travel Sketchbook
- Illustrator Kan Kazama
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical illustrationsDetailed depictionBijin-ga (beautiful women paintings)Landscape paintings
- Recurring Motifs
- Beautiful womenLandscapeEveryday life
Legacy
Kan Kazama was known as a Japanese illustrator and painter, influential in bijin-ga and landscape paintings as well as illustrations for novels in newspapers and magazines. He received numerous awards and his works continue to be highly regarded.
Trivia
- Served in the military during wartime and returned after illness.
- Studied in Paris in 1957 under Johnny Friedlaender.
- His elder brother was an editor and active as a writer under the pen name Shuichi Miki.
- His sister is the essayist Chizuko Tokan.