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Matazō Kayama

Matazō Kayama was a Japanese painter, printmaker and artist (1927–2004). He was born in Kyoto and died in Japan.

Also recorded as Matazo Kayama · Matazō Tanabe · Kayama Matazō · Kayama Matazo

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Biography

Matazō Kayama is recorded as having received Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit.

Matazō Kayama studied at Tokyo University of the Arts. The recorded working language is Japanese.

The field of work recorded is painting.

Employment is recorded with Tama Art University.

Work by Matazō Kayama is recorded in the collections of Saint Louis Art Museum and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit.

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1961 to 1968.

"Victory breeds hatred, for the vanquished is stricken with suffering; but the tranquil man lives in happiness, disregarding both victory and defeat."--Buddha, The Dhammapada, verse 201. Yo no bi no sekai (The works of Matazo Kayama). Byobuga no uchu (The works of Matazo Kayama). Dobutsutachi, fukei (The works of Matazo Kayama).

  • Kayama Matazō zenhangashū

  • Nichirenshū Sōhonzan Minobusan Kuonji Daihondō konryū kinen "Kayama Matazō tenjōga" ten

  • From the series Great Ideas of Ea

    1961 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

  • Star Festival (Tanabata)

    1968 · Saint Louis Art Museum.:1987

  • Sōtatsu, Kōrin. 加山又造作品集. 加山又造

  • Senbazuru

  • Kayama Matazō byōbue shūsei

  • Kayama Matazō byōbueten

  • Kayama Matazō no Nihonga =

  • Kayama Matazō ten

  • Kayama Matazō zen hangashū, 1955-1984

  • Kayama Matazō

Dated record

Life and career

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  1. 1927

    Life

    Matazō Kayama was born in 1927 at Kyoto.

  2. 1961

    Institution

    "Victory breeds hatred, for the vanquished is stricken with suffering; but the tranquil man lives in happiness, disregarding both victory and defeat."--Buddha, The Dhammapada, verse 201. From the series Great Ideas of Ea, dated 1961, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum.

  3. 1968

    Institution

    Star Festival (Tanabata), dated 1968, held by Saint Louis Art Museum.

  4. 2004

    Life

    Matazō Kayama died in 2004 at Japan.

The full dated record · 4 entries

  1. 1927

    Matazō Kayama was born in 1927 at Kyoto.

  2. 1961

    "Victory breeds hatred, for the vanquished is stricken with suffering; but the tranquil man lives in happiness, disregarding both victory and defeat."--Buddha, The Dhammapada, verse 201. From the series Great Ideas of Ea, dated 1961, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum.

  3. 1968

    Star Festival (Tanabata), dated 1968, held by Saint Louis Art Museum.

  4. 2004

    Matazō Kayama died in 2004 at Japan.

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  • Kyoto
  • Japan
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Literature

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Matazō Kayama received Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit.

  • Recognition and collections

  • Work by Matazō Kayama is

    Saint Louis Art Museum and Smithsonian American Art Museum

  • Literature

  • Kayama, Matazō, Oxford Art Online, 2003

  • Kayama, Matazo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

  • Kayama Matazo's Nihonga

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