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NAME |
Miyake Wakō / 三宅和光 |
BIRTH & DEATH |
1944- |
BIRTHPLACE |
Gifu pref. |
PEN NAME |
和光, 英斎 |
MASTER |
Kojima Shikō |
POSITION |
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RECORD OF AWARDS |
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DESCRIPTION
Miyake Wakō (三宅和光, 1944-) is a Japanese-style painter. Born in Gifu prefecture. Started painting under his father from his earliest childhood. His father was a painter too. Became a disciple of Kojima Shikō who was also from Gifu prefecture and a nationally famous painter. Received formal artistic training from Shikō and showed a skill for almost everything; birds and flowers, landscape and people. A former member of 墨人(bokujin) society. Now he belongs to the Tōyō Bijutsukai and is still active on the front line of Japanese art world.
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