Suisho Nishiyama’s Shoko-sha Painting School and Its Pupils

Shouhaku Art Museum

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What kind of learning environment was the Shoko-sha Painting School founded by Suisho Nishiyama, which trained great artists such as the Nihonga painter Shoko Uemura? This exhibition introduces works produced by the school, focusing on Shoko Uemura’s paintings, as well as pieces by Nishiyama and Uemura’s fellow students including Kojin Sawa. Demonstrating the students’ rapid growth as artists, the displayed works offer insight into how the Shoko-sha school transformed art education in Japan.

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