The 66^th Japan Art Academy Prize Recipients Announced

On March 18, the Japan Art Academy (Director: MIURA Shumon) announced the recipients of the 66^th Japan Art Academy Prize. The Imperial Prize and the Japan Art Academy Prize were given to YAMAMOTO Fumihiko (for his yōga painting titled ‘Jusō’, exhibited at a Nikiten exhibition) in the Fine Arts category; and AWAZU Norio (for his longstanding contributions to various artistic fields, particularly in literately criticism, translation and literature) in the Literature category. In the Fine Arts category, the Japan Art Prize was given to TAKEGOSHI Toshiaki (for his kōgei work titled ‘Kohan, Saiyū kaki’, exhibited at a Nitten exhibition); TARUMOTO Juson (for his calligraphy titled ‘富陽妙庭観董雙成故宅發地得丹鼎’, exhibited at a Nitten exhibition); and KITAGAWARA Atsushi (for his architectural design of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection). (Japanese)