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: Eisui（映水）

Born in Gifu prefecture, Japan.
Settled in Hayakawa, “the smallest town in Japan”, Yamanashi prefecture.
Conferred the pen name “Eisui” by a holy priest Nichiei of Honjyo-ji temple Enmyo-in on Mount Iitomi.

2017 Received Higashi-Kuninomiya International Prize in.
2018 Ambassador Yamanashi.
2019 Ohki Memorial Artist Fund.

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I have a studio in Hayakawa-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture, the smallest town in Japan, located at the foot of Mt.
From my home with its panoramic view of nature, there is not a day that goes by that I do not feel the change of the four seasons.
From this scene, I feel a robust chain of life that I could not feel when I lived in big cities such as New York or Tokyo.
Living here has humbled me and motivated me to reflect deeply on the Buddha's words and create my artwork.

As a painter, I create decorative paintings for temples and shrines to realize the wishes of priests and parishioners, and as an artist, I work as a bridge to connect with the words of Buddha.
With these two mainstays of my work, I hope to serve as a bridge for people to connect with the words of Buddha, transcending nationality, culture, and religion.

Through my paintings and activities, I hope that as many people as possible will develop the strength to get themselves together and stand up for themselves.

About Eisui（Movie）

History

Art Fair

2018	Animania2018‘MIYABI in Abu Dhabi’ （Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center / Abu Dhabi）
2019	Art Shopping（Carrousel du Louvre / Paris, France）
2020	World Art Dubai (World Trade Center / Dubai)
2025	Volta Basel 2025 (Messeplatz / Basel, Switzerland) ART AMOY（Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center／China,Amoy）
2026	Volta Basel2026 (Messeplaz / Basel, Swizerland)

Solo exhibition

1994	I Wanna See You (Cafe Della Pace, New York）
1995	The Wind Of The City (Gallery Diva, Kanagawa)
2011	eisui Collection: (Cocoroto, Hayakawa Town, Yamanashi)
2014	Eisui Collection: Since Then – (Gallery Rokusai, Yamanashi)
2016	Eisui Collection: Haru – (Gallery Rokusai, Yamanashi) Eisui Collection: (Nanbu Town, Museum of Art, Yamanashi)
2017	Eisui Collection: Jitomyo – (Miyako-en, Heritage of Industrial Modernization in Koshu city, Yamanashi)
2018	Eisui Collection: (Minobusan University Library) Eisui Collection: I wanna see you – (Gallery Rokusai, Yamanashi)
2019	Eisui Collection: (Minobusan Kuonji Temple Museum Lobby)
2020	INORI ‘Prayer‘: (Gatoh, Tokyo) Eisui Collection (Fullerton hotel ・Singapore/Singapore) Eisui Collection (Nanbu Town,Museum of Art, Yamanashi)
2021	Eisui Exhibition – “A Life with Prayers” (ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Yamanashi AIRY / Kofu, Yamanashi) Eisui Exhibition – “Inori” (Nanbu Town Museum of Art / Nanbu, Yamanashi) Eisui Exhibition (Gato / Aoyama, Tokyo) The 25th Japan Art Grand Prize Exhibition (Gallery Yaesu / Tokyo)
2023	Eisui Exhibition – “Grain Rain, the Beginning of Prayer” (Ueno Royal Museum Annex Gallery / Ueno, Tokyo) Eisui Exhibition – “Melody of the Colorful Moon” (Zojoji Temple Kousetsuden / Shiba Park, Tokyo)
2024年	Eisui Exhibition (ART GALLERY Tokyu Plaza Ginza / Yurakucho, Tokyo) Eisui Exhibition – “A Life with Protective Paintings” (Gallery Dōjunkai / Omotesando, Tokyo)
2026	Eisui Exhibition — Homecoming —

Group exhibition

1994	Group Show （Space Time Light Gallery / New York, USA）
1998	Gifu Prefecture Contemporary Artists Association Exhibition (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art / Gifu City, Gifu, Japan)
2018	‘DISCOVER THE ONE JAPANESE ART 2018 in Paris’ ( galerie JOSEPH minimes / Paris, France)
2019	Discover the one Japanese Art in Paris Award-Winning Artists Exhibition (Gallery Yaesu / Tokyo, Japan) Urbino In Acquerello（Data Castel / Urbino,Italy） World Peace Art Exhibition2019 in Japan（Kanagawa Kenmin Hall / Yokohama) Art Scence 　(Art garden Kawasaki / Kawasaki,Kanagawa) Ginza・Kyobashi SM exhibition2019 (Gallery Art Space ASK?P / Kyobashi) JARDIN（Edhihad Moderm Gallry / Abu Dhabi） WORLD PEACE ART EXHIBITION 2019（Schonbrunn Palace / Viena, Austria） GEITEN（Kiyomizu Temple / Kyoto）
2020	The 25th Japan National Selected Artists Exhibition（Ueno-no-mori Museum / Ueno） Art Blend (Swiss Art Space / Switzerland) The 25th Japan National Selected Artists Award-winning artists exhibition (Gallery Yaesu.Tokyo / Tokyo) World Peace Art Exhibition 2020 in Japan (Kyoto city-Kyocera Museum / Kyoto) World Peace Art Exhibition 2020 in Japan (Vilnius,Old town Hall / Lithuania) JAPAN TIDE GROUP EXHIBITION (The Sail @ Marina Bay / Singapore)
2021	Gei-Ten (Manes Gallery / Prague, Czech Republic) ICHIKAWADAIMON – Japanese Tradition and Contemporary Art (Former Futabaya Sake Brewery / Ichikawadaimon, Yamanashi, Japan)
2022	ORIZZONTI TRASVERSALI (M.A.D.S. Gallery / Milan, Italy) “The Wind Across the Sea” – 50th Anniversary of Japan-Mongolia Diplomatic Relations Cultural Exchange Exhibition (Keio Plaza Hotel Gallery / Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan) Mt. Fuji Art Festival – “Resonance of the Submerged Dragon Moon” Yoko Shimura & Eisui Collaboration Exhibition (Kai Zenkoji Temple / Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan) Mt. Fuji Art Festival – “A Life with Prayers” Yoko Shimura & Eisui Collaboration Exhibition (Inter Deco House Yamanashi Nishi / Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan)
2023	Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition (Agora Gallery / New York, USA) 30th Anniversary of Akazawa-juku Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District – “Oil Shoji and Painting Exhibition” (Shimizuya / Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Eisui & Yoshihiro Tanamachi Exhibition – “Artists Who Love Yamanashi” (Nezu Memorial Museum / Yamanashi City, Yamanashi, Japan)
2024	Art Festival Houryuji2024（Houryuji Shoutokuhall／Nara）
2025	Inagural International Maritime Culture Arts Exhibition(Xiamen Chaokuang Art Museum／China,Amoy)

Awards

2018	ACT ART Award – Winning（Act Art Garlly / Shinjyuku / Tokyo） DISCOVER THE ONE JAPANESE ART 2018 in Paris　Popular Artist Award ( galerie JOSEPH minims – Paris – France）
2019	Oki Memorial Artist Grant Fund – Commissioned Ginza / Kyobashi Sam Hall Open Call Exhibition 2019 – Winning (Gallery Art Space ASK?P / Kyobashi) JARDIN Competition – Grand Prix（Edhihad Moderm Gallry / Abu Dhabi）
2020	The 25th Japan National Selected Artists Exhibition – Grand Prix（Ueno-no-mori Museum / Ueno）
2021	Selected for Salon d’Automne
2023	Selected for the Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (Agora Gallery / New York, USA) London International Creative Competition 2023 Finalist (LICC / London) London International Creative Competition 2023 Official Selection (LICC / London)

Mindreflection

2017	Myōhōke-in Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) Risshō-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Katsunuma, Yamanashi, Japan)
2018	Nanbu Town Citizen Lecture (Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan) Takeibō Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Minobusan University Library (Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Hōun-ji Temple – Oeshiki Ceremony (Nichiren Buddhism / Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan) Kudoku-in Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kai, Yamanashi, Japan) Zenkoku-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Fujikawa, Yamanashi, Japan)
2019	Nanbu Town Citizen Lecture (Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan) Takeibō Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Hōun-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Myokyu-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan) Minobusan University Library (Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Kudoku-in Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kai, Yamanashi, Japan) Zenkoku-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Fujikawa, Yamanashi, Japan)
2020	Zenkoku-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Fujikawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Hōgen-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, Japan) Onshō-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan) Minobusan University Library (Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Shinriki-bō, Shichimen-san (Online Event: Strolling & Shabutsu / Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Kudoku-in Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kai, Yamanashi, Japan)
2021	Zenkoku-ji Temple (Fujikawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Hōgen-ji Temple (Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, Japan) Onshō-ji Temple (Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan) Minobusan University Library (Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Nanbu Town Museum of Art (Eisui Exhibition – “Inori” Event Project / Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan) Kudoku-in Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kai, Yamanashi, Japan)
2022	Zenkoku-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Fujikawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Hōgen-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, Japan) Onshō-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan) Myokyu-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Shōju-ji Temple (Sōtō Zen Buddhism / Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) Ryōsei-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Nishiyodogawa, Osaka, Japan) Kai Zenko-ji Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan) Honzan Daibō Hongyō-ji Temple (Hosted by Nichiren Buddhism Tokyo Southern Office / Nichiren Buddhism / Ōta, Tokyo, Japan) Minobusan University Library (Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Kudoku-in Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kai, Yamanashi, Japan)
2023	Zenkoku-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Fujikawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Onshō-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan) Kudoku-in Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kai, Yamanashi, Japan) Shōju-ji Temple (Sōtō Zen Buddhism / Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) Myokyu-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan) Myokyu-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan) Ryōsei-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Nishiyodogawa, Osaka, Japan) Kudoku-in Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kai, Yamanashi, Japan) Minobusan University Library (Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan) Akasawa-juku – Shimizuya (30th Anniversary Event of Akasawa-juku Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District / Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Zōjō-ji Temple (Shiba Park, Tokyo, Japan)
2024	Zenkoku-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Fujikawa, Yamanashi, Japan) Onshō-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan) Kai Zenko-ji Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan) Rikken-ji Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan) Hōgen-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, Japan) Hayakawa Town Board of Education (Shimizuya / Akasawa, Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan)
2025	Zōjō-ji Temple (Shiba Park, Tokyo) Joko-in Temple (Minobu-cho, Yamanashi) Myohou-ji (Yokohama,Kanagawa) Ryosei-ji (Nishiyodogawa-ku,Oosaka)

Media

2014	『‘Kudoku-in Temple: Flying Shoren Ryu on the ceiling’』 – Densho-sha
2015	Yamanashi Live TE-TE-TE TV『‘ Featured: Eshi (a painter), Eisui’/a>』 – Yamanashi Broadcasting System Inc.(YBS) Yamanashi Ima-jin『‘Like Flowing Water ~ Eshi, Eisui ~’』 – Television Yamanashi Co., Ltd. (UTY)
2019	book『Seihou』Spring(newspaper of Nichiren sect) Yamanashi Nichinichi Newspaper (Aplil 19) NHK Good-morning Japan westside “The Artist’s Devotion: Bringing Color to Sacred Spaces” Journal du Japon
2021	YBS Radio Kicks (May 20)
2023	YBS Radio lalala Morning（Aplil 18） YBS Radio 909Mornig（November 28）
2025	NHK Yamanashi (Web News) YBS radio　URUSAGOZEN　(November 18）

Other

2014	‘Shugyoso Doso-zu’ (Road map of Monk’s Run)『Hanging scroll production for the winners of the 2nd ‘Shugyoso’ Long Course』（Ordered by the Shugyoso Executive Committee・Yamanashi）
2015	Teaching at a Citizen’s Japanese-style Painting Workshop – Nanbu town, Yamanashi ‘Shugyoso Doso-zu’ (Road map of Monk’s Run) A production of painting in Japanese frame style for the winners of the 3rd ‘Shugyoso’ Long Course（Ordered by the Shugyoso Executive Committee・Yamanashi）
2017	Teaching at a course on tracing pictures of Buddhist images at Terakoya (temple school for ordinary people) – Myohokke-in Temple, Kobe city
2018	Goshuin Design – “Shichiyōmon Unryū-zu” (Seven Luminaries Crest and Cloud Dragon Design) (Myokyu-ji Temple / Nichiren Buddhism / Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan) Character & Logo Design – “Min-chan” and Library Logo (Minobusan University Library / Minobu, Yamanashi, Japan)
2021年	2021 Edition Nichiren Buddhism “Shūhō” Monthly Cover Artwork (Nichiren Buddhist Administrative Office)
2022年	Marui Paper Store (Ichikawa-Daimon, Yamanashi, Japan) – Goshuincho Collaboration: “Blue Lotus Dragon King Design”
2023年	Eisui’s First Art Collection – “Kunpū” (Fragrant Breeze) Published

Votive Temple

Kougaku-ji Temple – the Soto sect, Ichikawamisato town, Yamanashi: ‘Ume’ (Japanese plum), Main Hall Ceiling Art

Myofuku-ji Temple– Nichiren sect, Hayakawa town, Yamanashi: ‘Shichimen Daimyojin’ (The great guardian deity of Mount Shichimen), Main Hall Ceiling Art

Zenkoku-ji Temple– Nichiren sect, Fujikawa town, Yamanashi: ‘Hanamaru Tenjyo’ (Floral Circles on the Ceiling) Main Hall Ceiling Art
‘Main Hall Ceiling Art, Sakura/Fuji’ (Japanese cherry blossom /wisteria)
‘Main Hall Ceiling Art,‘Hoo-oo hiten-zu’ (The Flying Phoenix)
‘Hall of the memorial tablets, Ceiling Art,,
‘Renge Suiun zu’ (Lotus in swirling waters, clouds above),Hall of the memorial tablets, Mural

Kudoku-in Temple– Jodo sect, Kai city, Yamanashi: ‘Seirenka Ryuo zu’ (Dragon Deity of Blue Lotus Pond) Main Hall Ceiling Art

Ryuun-ji Temple– Nichiren sect, Fujikawa town, Yamanashi: ‘Hiten Sou-zu’ (A Pair Of Celestial Beings) Shichimen-do Hall, Mural – Nichiren sect, Fujikawa town, Yamanashi

Keishin-in Temple– Nichiren sect, Minobu town, Yamanashi: ‘Karyobinga Hirai-zu’ (The Flying Karyobinga), Painting on a name plate with contributors’ names written on it

’Ichinoike-no-zu’,Mural of Roushi-dou on Shumidan (an altar on which a Buddhist image is enshrined)

Jorinji-Temple– Nichiren sect, Ichiwakamisato town, Yamanashi: ‘Hiten Sou-zu’ (A Pair of Celestial Beings), Mural on Shumidan (an altar on which a Buddhist image is enshrined)

Hokkeji-Temple– Nichiren sect, Tono city, Iwate: ‘Sanko-tenshi Ryuun-zu’ (Three Heavenly Sons of Light and Dragon-Like Clouds), Screen painting

Myohokke-in Temple– Nichiren sect, Kobe city, Hyogo: ‘Myo’ (Beyond Conception), Designing monuments for animal spirits

Housei-In Templethe – Soto sect, Cyuou town, Yamanashi: ’Buddha’s birth ’ （hanging scroll）

’Kannon Bodhisattva ’（hanging scroll）

Shichimen-san Okunoin (Inner Sanctuary of Mount Shichimen)– Nichiren sect, Minobu city, Yamanashi: “Hiten Sōzu” (Twin Flying Celestials) Mural on Shumidan (an altar on which a Buddhist image is enshrined)