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Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Wada Eisaku
Early Life and Training Wada Eisaku (和田英作; December 23, 1874 – January 3, 1959) was a Japanese painter and luminary of the yōga (or Western-style) scene in the late Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa eras. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy, an Imperial Household Artist, a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure and Order of Culture, an Officier in the Légion d’honneur, and a Person of Cultural Merit. Born in what is now Tarumizu Cit
y, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, Wada's artistic journey began modestly, shaped by familial circumstances that propelled him to Tokyo at the tender age of four or five when his father, Hidetoyo, a pastor of the Episcopal Church, was appointed as an instructor in English at the Imperial Naval Academy. This relocation instilled in young Eisaku a profound appreciation for Western culture and intellectual pursuits—a formative influence that…