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THE GUIDE OF NITTEN
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THE GUIDE OF NITTEN
The Nitten is the most popular of all the great art organizations in Japan. The Nitten has a long and industrious history, which began in 1907 as a result of the First Ministry of Education Art Exhibition. In the beginning, the Nitten was referred to as the Bunten. In 1919, the Imperial Art Academy was established, and following this the Imperial Art Exhibition or the Teiten. In the years 1935 and 1937, the Imperial Art Academy was re-organized, and once again was referred to as the Bunten. In 1946, after World War Ⅱ, the management of the Imperial art Academy was taken over by the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition and the Nitten was formed. In 1958, there was further re-organization by the Nitten corporation and finally in 1969, the present structure was formulated.
Throughout Nitten's long and developing history, its contribution to the Modern Japanese Art World has been great. Today, the Nitten claims to be the largest combined art exhibition of its kind in the world, attracting a great number of fans and critics. The current management of Nitten is administered by Kentaro Hashimoto, the chief official. The Nitten comprises five art faculties; namely Japanese Style and Western Style Painting, Sculpture, Craft as Art and Calligraphy. Each of the departments features works of the great masters of the Modern Japanese Art World with works of the new but talented artists featured alongside.
