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Taikan Yokoyama
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Tessai Tomioka
Seiho Takeuchi
Shunkyo Yamamoto
Gyokudo Kawai
Shunso Hishida
Shoen Uemura
Kiyotaka Kaburagi
Kokei Kobayashi
Kansetsu Hashimoto
Ryushi Kawabata
Yukihiko Yasuda
Seison Maeda
Hako Irie
Bakusen Tsuchida
Kagaku Murakami
Shimei Terashima
Gyoshu Hayami
Shinsui Ito
Kayo Yamaguchi
Ikuo Hirayama
Rosanjin Kitaoji
Kanjiro Kawai
Denchu Hiragushi
Yoshio Hayashi
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Denchu Hirakushi
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"Bodhisattva Incarnate"
1911
The person depicted was a wealthy man in India who thoroughly understood the Buddha's doctrines while being only a layman. As a result, he was said to be a bodhisattva incarnate. His severe eyes look as if he is alive, and this work is from the height of the period in which Denchu was executing Buddhist statuary.
Hirakushi Denchu:
Born in Okayama in 1872. Originally named Tanaka, he changed his name to Hirakushi Denchu when he was adopted by the HIRAKUSHI family. He studied wood carving under Takamura Koun when he moved to Tokyo in 1897. Upon restoration of the Inten exhibition in 1914, he contributed numerous works and strove to create a new style. He worked to teach younger artists while he was a professor at the Tokyo University of Art. He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit in 1962.
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