Higashiyama

American

[hee-gah-shee-yah-muh, hee-gah-shee-yah-mah] / hiˌgɑ ʃiˈjɑ mə, hiˈgɑ ʃiˈjɑ mɑ /

adjective

of or relating to the period of Japanese art history, especially during the second half of the 15th century, influenced by Zen Buddhism and characterized by architectural simplicity and monochrome painting.

Etymology

Origin of Higashiyama

After a section of Kyoto, where the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (reigned 1436–90) spent his last years

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Higashiyama

Smile-Up CEO Noriyuki Higashiyama says that he is aware of this case.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024

"We are thinking of doing that indefinitely," Higashiyama says.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024

Julie Keiko Fujishima, his niece, stepped down as chief executive of Johnny’s last week and was replaced by Noriyuki Higashiyama, a Johnny’s star.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

“A horrendous crime has been committed,” Higashiyama told reporters at a Tokyo hotel, bowing deeply several times with Fujishima.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

Books on art also were inspired by the Higashiyama craze for choice specimens of painting, porcelain, and lacquer.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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