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Iriyama Hakuo (入山白翁, 1904- November 11, 1991) was a lacquer artist from Shirone, Niigata in Japan. He began training as an apprentice in his family at the age of 15, and developed his own technique of painting, which he referred to as ''shitsuga.'' == Timeline of exhibitions and awards == * 1926 Begins to study dry lacquer techniques in Tokyo * 1928 Enters the Craft Department, and specializes in Lacquer Craft at Ueno Bijyutsu Gakko (now Tokyo University of the Arts). * 1931 Exhibits and wins at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition (Bijutsu Kougei Ten) while still a student * 1932 Exhibits and wins at the Art Associations Exhibition (bijutsu kyokai ten) * 1933 Graduates from the Lacquer Craft Department at Tokyo University of the Arts. Graduation work is exhibited and awarded for highest excellency, remains part of the collection of the (Tokyo University of the Arts Arts Museum ) * 1935 Exhibits and wins at the Art Association Exhibition for presentation of a tea caddy. This was later bought by Empress Teimei. * 1936 Exhibits and wins at the government sponsored 3rd Shin Bunten Exhibition * 1940 Becomes member of the Japan Foreign Trade Council and exhibits works overseas in the Hoshukuten * 1944 Founds a research group for lacquer enamel inlay in metal * 1945 Exhibits and wins at the government sponsored 1st (Nitten ) Exhibition, artwork sold overseas * 1946 Exhibits and wins at the government sponsored 2nd Nitten Exhibition * 1948 Exhibits and wins at the government sponsored 4th Nitten Exhibition * 1950 Exhibits and wins at the government sponsored 6th Nitten Exhibition. Leaves the art organizations and works as independent artist. For the first time, he now announces and presents his original lacquer technique, in which a thick lacquer base is spread on a dry lacquer plate and while not dried yet, a spatula from bamboo is used to draw into the base. After drying the base is colored with pigmented lacquer imitating nature, similar to an oil painting technique, while the base is already prepared as a relief. He calls the technique "Shitsuga" 【漆画】- "Lacquer painting". In the same year he announces the new technique of "Lacquer Painting Block Print"【漆絵版画】 using a dry lacquer plate and lacquer for printing and "Lacquer Ink Stone" -"Urushisuzuri"【漆硯】 building the whole inkstione from dry lacquer. * 1954 Several artworks delivered to United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Belgium * 1955 Delivers a Dry Lacquer Metal and Lacquer Inlay Cabin 【乾漆象嵌蒔絵花瓶】 to the Soviet Art Museum * 1956 Solo exhibition of "Lacquer paintings" at the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Gallery * 1957 Follows the second exhibition of "Lacquer paintings" at the same location * 1958 A third exhibition of "Lacquer paintings" at the same location is followed by one-man shows at Kintetsu, Isetan, Odakyu, Daiwa and Tokyu department stores galleries, Shiseido Gallery in Ginza, Keidanren Kaikan, Tokyo American Club and The Industry Club of Japan that were repeated over the following years for more than 30 times * 1975 Wins at Okinawa Expo '75 "Contemporary Art Contest Exhibition- Drawings of the Sea" for a 100 cm broad sized lacquer painting depicting "Whirling tides" * 1977 Retrospective exhibition of the last 30 years held at (Tokyo Central Museum ) * 1982 Guest Exhibition at the The (Shoto Museum of Art ), followed by a long term one- man show in the United States, Pasadena Museum of California Art, exhibiting lacquer paintings * 1984 Exhibiting the 70 cm lacquer painting "Akatsuki Fuji" in the "500 Years of Artists inspired by Mount Fuji" exhibition in a row with famous artists like Sesshu, Zean, Sotatsu, Korin, Okyo and Taikan in the (Tokyo Fuji Art Museum ) * 1986 Senshinhora Gallery, Tokyo Machida * 1988 Lacquer painting exhibition at Hachioji Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. * 1990 Exhibition at Aikawa Gallery, Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hakuo Iriyama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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