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Kimura Chiseki

きむら ちせき

Kimura Chiseki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1907-06-10 (Nishi-ku, Osaka City)
Died
1983-11-27 age 76
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Calligrapher
Active Years
1924-1983
Affiliations
Kairan Shodokai
Influenced By
Kuroki Haishi

Awards

Highest Prize at the 11th Tōhō Shodōkai Exhibition
1942
Organization: Tōhō Calligraphy Association Exhibition
Result: 受賞
Special Selection of Nitten
1953
Organization: Japan Art Exhibition (Nitten)
Result: 受賞
Special Selection of Nitten
1954
Organization: Japan Art Exhibition (Nitten)
Result: 受賞
Minister of Education Award
1969
Work: Su Dongpo's Poem (The Old Man Is Foolish and Has Fled the Cold)
Organization: Japan Art Exhibition (Nitten)
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1976
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
1983
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 追贈

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Five-Character Couplet (Spring Comes, Flowers Fall)

1963 Calligraphic Work

Fall of the Demonic Courage

1968 Calligraphic Work

Su Dongpo's Poem (The Old Man Is Foolish and Has Fled the Cold)

1969 Calligraphic Work

Mandarin Ducks Prolong Longevity

1984 Calligraphic Work

Bibliography

  • Kimura Chiseki Collected Works
  • Kimura Chiseki Calligraphy

Adaptations

  • Sho: Masters of the 20th Century, Vol. 3

Legacy

He served as a Nitten councilor and is recognized for his contributions to modern Japanese calligraphy.

Trivia

  • He attempted left-hand writing in the piece "Five-Character Couplet (Spring Comes, Flowers Fall)"