Higashiyama

American  

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

adjective

1. 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.

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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

"From a legal standpoint, I don't think we have the authority to do that," Higashiyama says.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024

Noriyuki Higashiyama told the BBC he believes there were two more perpetrators at Johnny Kitagawa's agency Johnny & Associates.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024

When he found out what Kitagawa had done, he felt as though he had lost everything, Higashiyama recalled.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

Calling the scandal "the most pitiful incident in human history", Higashiyama said there had been debate, but no conclusion, as to whether the agency should change its name.

From Reuters ● 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 F. (Frank) Brinkley