SHIBUNKAKU ONLINE SHOP | Yokoyama Taikan

Nihonga painter from Ibaraki. Taikan was a disciple of Okakura Tenshin and Hashimoto Gahō. He assisted Tenshin in founding the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute), and counts as one of its most important members. Taikan was a jury member of the Bunten (Ministry of Education Art Exhibition), and exerted an influential role on modern nihonga from the Meiji to postwar eras. He was appointed an Imperial Court Artist, and designated as a Person of Cultural Merit. Taikan also received the Order of Culture.