A collection of memorial essays dedicated to the giants of the art world who passed away during the Showa era. This volume includes memorial essays and eulogies for 102 artists who were active in the Japanese art world after the modern era, including Japanese-style painters, Western-style painters, sculptors, and ceramic artists, who died during the Showa era. Facing death, this is a collection of reading materials that vividly portrays the human image of each person who mourns and is mourned. Excerpts: * Tetsugoro Yorozu (Eulogy) - Hosui Kosugi, Tei Yamamoto * Yuzo Saeki, Kanji Maeda, Shinichi Yamada * Ryusei Kishida, Ryuzaburo Umehara, Yoshio Nagayo, Sadao Tsubaki * Kanzan Shimomura, Buyo Kimura, Seison Maeda * Narashige Koide, Sotaro Yasui * Hyakusui Hirafuku, Soho Tokutomi * Kotaro Migishi, Ichiro Fukuzawa * Yumeji Takehisa, Koshiro Onchi * Gyoshu Hayami, Taikan Yokoyama, Yasuhiko Yasuda, Kagyaku Murakami * Issen Ogawa, Ryushi Kawabata * Kagyaku Murakami, Hakko Irie, Takeo Ono * Settai Komura, Kiyokata Kaburaki * Seiho Takeuchi, Gyokudo Kawai, Shoen Uemura * Takeji Fujishima, Genichiro Inokuma * Shunsuke Matsumoto, Yasutake Funakoshi * Shoen Uemura, Izuru Niimura * Koshiro Onchi, Kakuzo Ishii, Shiko Munakata * Kotaro Takamura, Saburo Miyamoto * Yaichi Aizu, Katsushiro Kamei * Kokei Kobayashi, Kinzaburo Yamauchi * Gyokudo Kawai, Kaii Higashiyama * Taikan Yokoyama, Yasuhiko Yasuda, Michiaki Kawakita * Hakutei Ishii, Ikuma Arishima * Rosanjin Kitaoji, Masajiro Kojima, Masako Shirasu * Kenki Tomimoto, Shoji Hamada, Fujio Koyama * Hazan Itaya, Sazo Idemitsu * Hosui Kosugi, Kakuzo Ishii, Okanosuke Oka * Ryushi Kawabata, Misao Yokoyama * Kanjuro Kawai, Yorozuro Yasuda, Shoji Hamada * Tsuguharu Fujita, Katsu Kimura, Yoshie Nakada * And many others "Showa - Memorial Essays of Deceased Artists" Edited by Riju Nakajima Dai Nippon Kaiga First edition, 1990 Price: 4,000 yen