Genjin Sugihara1912~2009 杉原元人

SUGIHARA Genjin (1912-2009) was a Japanese-style (nihonga) painter born in Mie Prefecture. After graduating from the Kawabata Painting School, he became a pupil of Kodama Kibo in 1946 and made his Nitten debut the same year. He won numerous Nitten honors, including the Special Selection Hakuju Prize in 1955, the Kikka Prize in 1968, and the Minister of Education Award in 1993, and served repeatedly as a Nitten judge from 1969. In 1978 he presented "Sea of Senami" for the Imperial Palace's Goza-no-ma chamber, and he was awarded the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon in 1989 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Fourth Class) in 1996. Known for serene depictions of Mount Fuji, the sea, and natural landscapes, he died on 29 June 2009.