Eisui

	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

Solo exhibitions

1994	I Wanna See You (Cafe Della Pace, New York）1995The Wind Of The City (Gallery Diva, Kanagawa)
2011	eisui Collection: (Cocoroto, Hayakawa Town, Yamanashi)
2014	Eisui Collection: Since Then – (Gallery Rokusai, Yamanashi)
2019	Eisui Collection: (Minobusan Kuonji Temple Museum Lobby)
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)
2020	INORI ‘ Prayer ‘:  (Gatoh, Tokyo)
	Eisui Collection (Fullerton hotel ・Singapore  / Singapore)
	Eisui Collection (Nanbu Town,Museum of Art, Yamanashi)

Group experiences

1994	Group Show （Space Time Light Gallery / New York, USA）
2018	‘DISCOVER THE ONE JAPANESE ART 2018 in Paris’ ( galerie JOSEPH minimes / Paris, France) Animania2018‘MIYABI in Abu Dhabi’ （Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center / Abu Dhabi）
2019	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) Art Shopping（Carrousel du Louvre / Paris, France） 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 Art Dubai (World Trade Center / Dubai)
	World Peace Art Exhibition 2020 in Japan (Vilnius,Old town Hall / Lithuania)
	JAPAN TIDE GROUP EXHIBITION (The Sail @ Marina Bay / Singapore)

Award history

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）

Work experiences

Kougaku-ji Temple	‘Ume’ (Japanese plum), Main Hall Ceiling Art – the Soto sect, Ichikawamisato town, Yamanashi
Myofuku-ji Temple	‘Shichimen Daimyojin’ (The great guardian deity of Mount Shichimen), Main Hall Ceiling Art – Nichiren sect, Hayakawa town, Yamanashi
Zenkoku-ji Temple	‘Hanamaru Tenjyo’ (Floral Circles on the Ceiling) and 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 – Nichiren sect, Fujikawa town, Yamanashi
Kudoku-in Temple	‘Seirenka Ryuo zu’ (Dragon Deity of Blue Lotus Pond), Main Hall Ceiling Art – Jodo sect, Kai city, Yamanashi
Ryuun-ji Temple	‘Hiten Sou-zu’ (A Pair Of Celestial Beings), Shichimen-do Hall, Mural – Nichiren sect, Fujikawa town, Yamanashi
Keishin-in Temple	‘Karyobinga Hirai-zu’ (The Flying Karyobinga), Painting on a name plate with contributors’ names written on it – Nichiren sect, Minobu town, Yamanashi ’Ichinoike-no-zu’,Mural of Roushi-dou on Shumidan (an altar on which a Buddhist image is enshrined)– Nichiren sect, Minobu town, Yamanashi
Jorinji-Temple	‘Hiten Sou-zu’ (A Pair of Celestial Beings), Mural on Shumidan (an altar on which a Buddhist image is enshrined) – Nichiren sect, Ichiwakamisato town, Yamanashi
Hokkeji-Temple	‘Sanko-tenshi Ryuun-zu’ (Three Heavenly Sons of Light and Dragon-Like Clouds), Screen painting – Nichiren sect, Tono city, Iwate
Myohokke-in Temple	‘Myo’ (Beyond Conception), Designing monuments for animal spirits – Nichiren sect, Kobe city, Hyogo
Housei-In Temple	’Buddha’s birth illustration’, hanging scroll, the Soto sect, Cyuou town, Yamanashi
Kyoto Higashiyama	Designing on Karakami (thick printed paper) of front desk at the hotel – Kyoto Higashiyama With, Kyoto
Hotel Shinko	Front lobby ceiling painting – Ooedo Onsen Group Hotel Shinko, Isawa, Yamanashi

Other experiences

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

写仏会

2017年	妙法華院（神戸・兵庫） 立正寺（勝沼市・山梨）
2018年	南部町市民講座（南部町・山梨） 武井坊（身延町・山梨） 身延山大学附属図書館（身延町・山梨） 法雲寺・御会式（渋谷区・東京）
2019年	南部町市民講座（南部町・山梨） 武井坊（身延町・山梨） 法雲寺（身延町・山梨） 妙久寺（南部町・山梨） 身延山大学附属図書館（身延町・山梨）
2020年	法源寺（南アルプス市・山梨）

＊2018年より善国寺（富士川町／山梨）功徳院（甲斐市／山梨）にて毎月写仏会を開催

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’ – Yamanashi Broadcasting System Inc.(YBS) Yamanashi Ima-jin‘Like Flowing Water ~ Eshi, Eisui ~’– Television Yamanashi Co., Ltd. (UTY)
2019	book『正法(Sihoh)』Spring（newspaper of Nichiren sect） Yamanashi Nichinichi Newspaper (Aplil 19) NHK Good-morning Japan westside 『祈りの場を彩る 絵師の思い』

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