Jin Goto (後藤 仁 Gotō Jin, born 1968 in Hyōgo) is a Japanese Nihonga painter.
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In 1968, he was born in Hyogo. His uncle is an artisan of Karakuri ningyō. In 1986, “ Exhibition of students ” The National Gallery of Victoria in Australia. In 1988, he graduated from The Osaka City Kogei High School (Fine Arts course), and studied painting by Takashi Murakami for two years. From 1995, he restored The Japanese Gold leather papers (金唐革紙 Kinkarakawashi, A kind of high-class handmade wallpaper) at Irifuneyama Memorial Hall in Kure, Ijokaku in Kobe, and Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens in Tokyo (Nationally designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan). In 1996, he graduated from The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and became a student of Sumio Goto. From 1996 to 2010 once a year, “ Exhibition of Nihonga by Syonokai ” Ginza Matsuzakaya Department Store. In 2007, “ Exhibition of The Japanese Gold leather papers ” The British Museum, and The Victoria and Albert Museum.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
He has a studio in Chiba Prefecture. He travels for sketches all over Asia, and paints pictures of women (“ Bijinga ”) chiefly in Asia such as Japan, India, and China. He has held exhibitions at The British Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Osaka City Museum of Art, Paper Museum in Tokyo, Ginza Matsuzakaya Department Store, Ikebukuro Tobu Department Store, Gallery Art Salon in Chiba, Gallery Mark Well in Kayabacho, Gallery Shinseido in Minamiaoyama, and Onward Gallery in Nihonbashi. He received prizes 20 times in the art contests till now.[7][8][9]
He teaches paintings of Nihonga and Bijinga at ‘ NHK Culture Center ’ and ‘ Yomiuri Nippon Television Culture Center ’. He appears on television,[10] newspapers,[11] and books of art.[12][13]
“ Heavenly Gates ”series, F200.etc. “ Borobudur (Indonesia) ” F150. “ Angkor Wat at sunrise (Cambodia) ” P60. “ A beautiful girl in Bali (Indonesia) ” F50. “ Kumari - The Living Goddess (Nepal) ” F50. “ Sita of a dancing girl (India) ” 140×70㎝. “ A Geisha girl in Asakusa (Japan) ” F40. “ Beautiful Village (Vietnam) ” F30. “ A dancing girl of Miao tribe (China) ” F30. “ Sukhothai (Thailand) ” F25. etc.