Tenzan Takahashi1953~ 高橋天山

TAKAHASHI Tenzan is a Japanese-style (Nihonga) painter born on September 9, 1953 in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo Zokei University in 1979, he transitioned from oil painting to Nihonga, studying under Imano Tadakazu, a managing director of the Japan Art Institute (Nihon Bijutsuin). He twice received the Japan Art Institute Prize (Taikan Prize) — for "Zanskar" in 1993 and "In the Light" in 1995 — and was elected a fellow (douin) of the Institute in 1999. In 2008 he changed his artist name from Hidetoshi to Tenzan. He is active primarily through the Inten exhibitions and holds solo exhibitions across Japan.