Yasushi Sugiyama

Yasushi Sugiyama (杉山寧, Sugiyama Yasushi, 20 October 1909–20 October 1993) was a Japanese painter of the

watercolour painting

.

Biography

Sugiyama was born in 1909 in

Tokyo Art School (now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). He formed the "rossogasha" (瑠爽画社) along with Yamamoto Kyujin and Takayama Tatsuo

, and participated positively in the movement to reform nihonga. His paintings are characteristized by peacefulness filled with a sense of security, owing to excellent sketching ability and solid construction.

In 1958, his eldest daughter married Yukio Mishima. As a reason for choosing her, Mishima suggested "because she was the daughter of an artist, so she wouldn't hold to many of the illusions people have about artists".

He received a commission to design the carpets of

tsubo. He also designed the pattern of grass (kusa), which was used in the Houmei-Den, the largest hall with an area of 915 square meters, or about 280 tsubo.^[1]

In 1974, Sugiyama was awarded the Order of Culture.