Turkey, A Crossroad of Culture between West and East
Ikuo Hirayama, one of the most well known representatives of Japanese-style painting Nihonga, took the Silk Road as the main theme of his paintings and paid several visits to Turkey throughout his 100 plus journeys to this route.
Hirayama was appointed as Japan's first Goodwill Ambassador to UNESCO in 1988 and Special Advisor to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in 1995. He emphasized the cultural exchange with his visits and research to the Middle East as well as his art focusing on the ancient ruins. He emphasized cultural exchange with his visits and research in the Middle East, alongside his art's focus on the ancient ruins. Hirayama, who passed away in 2009, visited Turkey -the meeting point of West and East in his own words, with his paintings.
Date of Publication: 2010
ISBN: 978-975-9123-77-2
6 Foreword
Suna, İnan & İpek Kıraç
10 Paying Tribute to the Silk Road – My World
Ikuo Hirayama
16 Remembering Professor Ikuo Hirayama
Shuji Takashina
20 Hirayama’s Devotion to the Exhibition in İstanbul
Michiko Hirayama
24 Ikuo Hirayama – Man and Art
Hiroshi Komiya
28 What is Nihonga (Japanese –style Painting)?
Masaaki Miyasako
32 Catalogue
76 Biography
Exercises in Spaces and Texts
Panoramic Gaze on Istanbul, a History
Photographs From and Around Göbeklitepe
The Story of Stories
Works from the Nobel Collection
Photographs of the Anatolian Shore of the Bosphorus from the mid 19th to the 20th Century
Photographs of the Rumeli shore of the Bosphorus from the mid 19th to the 20th century
Suna Kıraç’ın izinde 10 yılın öyküsü
Rıdvan Akar
A History of Kütahya Pottery and Potters
Ernst Krickl
Paths to Rediscovery, 1800-1955
Byzantium in Popular Culture
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