Gyoshu Hayami1894~1935 速水御舟

Hayami Gyoshu (real name Makita Eiichi) was a leading Japanese-style painter of the Taisho and early Showa eras. Born in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1894, he studied under Matsumoto Fuko at the Agado painting school and was active in groups such as the Kojikai and the reorganized Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute). Beginning with meticulous realism, he developed toward symbolic and decorative expression, producing masterpieces such as “Enbu” (Dance of Flames, 1925) and “Meiju Chirizubaki” (Camellia Petals Scattering, 1929), both designated Important Cultural Properties. He gained international recognition at the 1930 Rome Exhibition of Japanese Art before dying suddenly of typhoid fever in 1935 at the age of 40.