The 72^nd Japan Art Academy Prize Recipients Announced

On March 23, the Japan Art Academy (Director: KUROI Senji) announced the recipients of the 72^nd Japan Art Academy Prize. In the Fine Arts category, the Imperial Prize and the Japan Art Academy Prize were given to GOTŌ Sumio (for his nihonga painting ‘Yamato no yuki’, exhibited at an exhibition of the Japan Art Institute’s Revival (Saikō Inten)). In the same category, YAMADA Asatomo (for his sculpture titled ‘Asa no hibiki’, exhibited at the first Kaiso Shin-Nitten) and HARUYAMA Fuminori (for his kōgei artwork titled ‘Sora no kawa’) received the Japan Art Academy Prize. (Japanese)