Kazuho Hieda1920~2021 稗田一穂

Hieda Kazuho was a Japanese-style painter from Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, recognized as a Person of Cultural Merit and emeritus professor of Tokyo University of the Arts. Born in 1920, he studied Nihonga at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts under Yamamoto Kyujin, and after the war he took part in the Sozo Bijutsu, Shinseisaku Kyokai, and Sogakai groups. From 1966 to 1968 he participated in the reproduction copying of the Horyu-ji Kondo murals, an important national cultural project. He received the Japan Art Academy Imperial Prize in 1991 and was designated a Person of Cultural Merit in 2001; he is known for fantastical, moonlit landscapes inspired by his native Kishu region. He died of old age in March 2021 at the age of 100.