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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.
Greeting
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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
- Solo exhibition
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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 2016 2017 2018 2019 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)
- Group exhibition
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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 2019 Discover the one Japanese Art in Paris Award-Winning Artists Exhibition (Gallery Yaesu / Tokyo, Japan)Ginza・Kyobashi SM exhibition2019 (Gallery Art Space ASK?P / Kyobashi)2020 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)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)
- Awards
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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 – CommissionedGinza / 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)
- Mindreflection
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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 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 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)
Enshō-ji Temple (Nichiren Buddhism / Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan)
Kai Zenko-ji Temple (Jōdo Buddhism / Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan)
Kendatsu-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, Japan)
- Media
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2014 『‘Kudoku-in Temple: Flying Shoren Ryu on the ceiling’』 – Densho-sha2015 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”
- Other
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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
- 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)
“Hakuryujin Sakura Namizu”(White Dragon withCherry in Wave) Main Hall outside Ceiling Art
- Hotel 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
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