Ikuo Hirayama
1930
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2009
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: Nihonga
country of citizenship: Japan
native language: Japanese
languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese
occupation: painter, academic administrator
award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Order of Culture, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Person of Cultural Merit
position held: UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
Ikuo Hirayama (平山 郁夫, 15 June 1930 – 2 December 2009) was a Japanese Nihonga painter and educator. Born in Setoda-chō, Hiroshima Prefecture, he was famous in Japan for Silk Road paintings of dreamy desert landscapes in Iran, Iraq, and China. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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