Artist History
Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966) was a Japanese painter from the Meiji to Showa periods. He was born in Wakayama Prefecture. The haiku poet Kawabata Bosha was his younger brother. He initially studied Western painting, and was a member of the Hakuba-kai and Taiheiyo-ga-kai painting associations. After traveling to Europe and America, he switched to Japanese painting. He headed the Seiryu-sha art organization. He was a Person of Cultural Merit and a recipient of the Order of Culture.