Biography Chikusai, Yamashita 竹斎 山下 (1885 - 1973)
Yamashita Chikusai was born in Kyoto in 1885. He became a pupil of Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) at the age of fifteen. He was one of Shunkyo’s best-known and highest ranking pupils. He lived in Kyoto, where he regularly exhibited at the Bunten and Teiten. In 1911, when he was 25 years old, he won a prize at the Bunten. Later, he won eight prizes in a row. One of these eight was a first prize. After the Bunten had been reorganized as the Teiten, Chikusai became a committee member. His specialty was landscapes. He died in 1973.
Reference: Yui, Kazuto, Nijuseiki bukko Nihon gaka jiten, Tokyo, 1998, p. 404
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