Akino Fuku (honorary citizen )
| Birth Place | Present Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu-shi |
|---|---|
| Birth | 1908 |
| Death | 2001 |
Biography
Akino Fuku was born in what now is Futamata-cho, Tenryu-ku, in 1908. After graduating the precursor of the Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University, she studied painting under Ishii Rinkyo.
She and her associates established an association of Japanese paintings, Sozo Bijyutsu (present Sogakai). She became an assisting professor in the precursor of Kyoto City University of Arts in 1949, and was invited to teach in a university in India in 1962. Her attraction to India led her to develop her painting syle futhermore in her fifties.
She kept creating alternative Japanese style paitings and also worked on pieaces in overseas. She was named the honorary citizen of Tenryu City (present Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu) on November 3, 1983. In 1993, she received Nihon Geijyutsu Taisho (Japanese Art Prize). Akino Fuku Museum was opened in Tenryu-ku in 1998. She was awarded the Order of Culture in 1999.
In 2001, she passed away in her house in Kyoto.
Reference
Hamamatsu-Shiseiyoran (Hamamatsu City Guide)