Shikō Imamura
Shikō Imamura was a Japanese artist whose work is featured at the Yokohama Museum of Art. He was regarded of one of the fathers of New Nihonga, and is known for he quote to his students "I break the Old Nihonga, You should follow me and build New Nihonga."
Also recorded as Shiko Imamura · Shikou Imamura
Shikō Imamura
Imamura Shikō · Public domain
- Full name
- 今村 壽三郎.
- Born
- 1880. · Yokohama.
- Died
- 1916.
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Teachers
- Matsumoto Fūko.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Shikō Imamura was a painter, born in 1880 in Yokohama and died in 1916.
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Shikō Imamura was recorded at birth as 今村 壽三郎. The authorities additionally record the headings Shiko Imamura and Shikou Imamura. His recorded language was Japanese.
Eight Famous Sights of Omi, by Imamura Shiko, Tokyo National Museum, Japan
Imamura Shikō (1880-1916)
Imamura Shiko: "Drizzle", 1915. Ink and color on silk, 126x50 cm. Yokohama National Museum of Art.
Imamura Shikō (1880-1916) · Scanned from "Japanese Art in the 20th Century". Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2000, p. 64.
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1880
Shikō Imamura born at Yokohama.
1916
Shikō Imamura died.
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