Yamada Shinzan 山田真山

Place: Naha

Born: 1885

Death: 1977

Biography:

Yamada Shinzan was an Okinawan Nihonga painter who has been cited as representative of a late Meiji period generation of artists. He is best known for his 18 year labor to create a 'Tsuikin' lacquer statue (36 feet high by 24 feet wide) called 'The Peace Prayer Statue'.