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Portrait or photograph of Yokoyama Taikan: Portrait of Yokoyama Taikan (横山大観, 1868 – 1958)

Virtual Memorial

Yokoyama Taikan

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Yokoyama Taikan, remembered for Nihonga, Modern Japanese painting, Japan Art Institute.

1868 - 1958Tokyo, Japan
Portrait or photograph of Yokoyama Taikan: Portrait of Yokoyama Taikan (横山大観, 1868 – 1958)
Portrait of Yokoyama Taikan (横山大観, 1868 – 1958) Unknown author Unknown author, This image is available from the website of the National Diet Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Yokoyama Taikan Is Remembered

Yokoyama Taikan is remembered for nihonga, modern japanese painting, japan art institute. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Yokoyama Taikan.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Tokyo, Japan is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Yokoyama Taikan's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Yokoyama Taikan was the art-name of a major figure in pre-World War II Japanese painting. He is notable for helping create the Japanese painting technique of Nihonga.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

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Portrait or photograph of Yokoyama Taikan: Yokoyama Taikan

Yokoyama Taikan

Ihei Kimura, 『日本の写真家 8 木村伊兵衛』1998年、岩波書店、、 ISBN 4-00-008348-1, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Yokoyama Taikan: 横山大観

横山大観

朝日新聞社, 『 アサヒグラフ 』 1948年9月15日号, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Yokoyama Taikan: Painters associated with the Nihon Bijutsuin in Izura; from front to back, Kimura Buzan, Hishida Shunsō, Yokoyama Tai

Painters associated with the Nihon Bijutsuin in Izura; from front to back, Kimura Buzan, Hishida Shunsō, Yokoyama Taikan, Shimomura Kanzan

Unknown photographer, https://www.artagenda.jp/feature/news/20200619, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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