Yamazaki Taihō

Yamazaki Taihō ( Japanese 山崎 大 抱 ; * 1908 in the prefecture of Kōchi in Japan ; † January 1991 in Japan) was a Japanese painter and calligrapher .

Yamazaki Taihō studied calligraphy with teachers Kawatani Ōun and Tejima Yūkei . He was an important exponent of modern painting in Japan after the Second World War .

Yamazaki Taihō was a member of the artists' association Dokuritsu Shodō-kai (Association of Independent Shodō Artists , founded on April 28, 1952, renamed in 1967 to: Dokuritsu Shojindan ) and from March 1987 until his death in January 1991 its representative.

Yamazaki's ink drawings were typical of the modern abstract painting art of Japan, which developed from the centuries-old art of calligraphy.

Yamazaki Taihō was represented with three works at documenta II in 1959 in Kassel . In April 1993 the Dokuritsu Shojindan organized a large retrospective of his works.

Web links

• Materials by and about Taihō Yamazaki in the documenta archive

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Yamazaki is the family name, Taihō the first name.