Kibo Kodama1898~1971 児玉希望

Kodama Kibo (1898-1971) was a Japanese-style (Nihonga) painter and member of the Japan Art Academy, born on July 5, 1898 in Harada, Kigen Village, Takata District, Hiroshima Prefecture (present-day Takamiya, Akitakata City), and died on May 2, 1971. His birth name was Shozo; the art name "Kibo" was given to him by his first teacher, Otake Chikuha, and in 1918 he entered the studio of Kawai Gyokudo. He had his first acceptance at the Imperial Art Exhibition (Teiten) in 1921 with "Summer Mountains," and in 1928 his work "Autumn Abundance," which incorporated Western painting techniques, was awarded a Special Selection. After the war he was deeply involved in administering the Nitten exhibition, becoming a councillor in 1950 and a managing director in 1961. In 1952 he won the Japan Art Academy Prize for "Interior," and in 1959 became a member of the Japan Art Academy.