Haruhiko Ishikawa1901~1980 石川晴彦

Ishikawa Haruhiko (1901-1980) was a Japanese-style painter born in Kaya Town (now Yosano Town), Kyoto Prefecture. He studied under Irie Hakō from 1919 and later under Murakami Kagetsu, becoming active primarily in the Kokuga Sōsaku Kyōkai (National Painting Creative Association). After the association disbanded, he joined the newly formed Shinjusha group. Initially known for detailed portraits, he turned to Buddhist painting after his wife's death in 1936, and in 1957 created murals for the Tahōtō pagoda at Hōzan-ji Temple in Nara Prefecture.