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Ikuo Hirayama
Japanese artist (–)
Ikuo Hirayama (平山 郁夫, 15 June – 2 December ) was a Japanese Nihonga painter and educator.
Born in Setoda-chō, Hiroshima Prefecture, he was famous in Japan for Silk Road paintings of dreamy desertlandscapes in Iran, Iraq, and China.
Biography
In , he graduated from the Tokyo School of Art, or what is today's Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (popularly known as "Geidai"), and became a disciple of Maeda Seison.
Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum houses a collection of works by Hirayama Ikuo, a painter in the Japanese style and a collection of Silk Road.
Hirayama also served as President of his alma mater twice (–95 and –05).
He produced a series of paintings depicting the introduction of Buddhism to Japan. A hibakusha, he portrayed the A-bomb attack on Hiroshima. He was also active in the preservation of the cultural heritage of the world (e.g., the Bamiyan Buddhas) and is internationally appreciated for his efforts in this sphere.
Hirayama was awarded the French Légion d'honneur Order in and Japan's Order of Cultural Merit in amongst others. He was the President