Kawabata Ryūshi, Kawabata Shotarō

Place: Wakayama

Born: 1885

Death: 1966

Biography:

Kawabata Ryūshi was a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style, active during the Taishō and Shōwa eras. He was born in Wakayama city in Wakayama Prefecture and moved to Tokyo in 1895. Initially interested in literature, he studied under the poet Kawabata Hoja, who introduced him to the Hototogisu artistic circle. He then became interested in painting instead, and studied yōga painting techniques as an apprentice in the studios of the Hakubakai. When he was 18, he entered a Yomiuri Shimbun illustration contest, from which his work was selected. He continued working on ne... He was obsessed with dragons and they are everywhere in his paintings. Kawabata Ryūshi was awarded the Asahi Prize in 1930 and the Order of Culture. He established a new art organization, Seiryu-sha, in 1929, which advocated for sturdy art and led him to develop his unique art perspective.