# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaii-higashiyama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:03:46.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaii-higashiyama"
name: "Kaii Higashiyama"
slug: "kaii-higashiyama"
description: "Kaii Higashiyama  was a Japanese writer and artist particularly renowned for his Nihonga style paintings. As one of the most popular artists in post-war Japan, Higashiyama was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1956 and the Order of Culture in 1969."
tagline: "Japanese artist (1908-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaii_Higashiyama%2C_circa_1955.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1908-07-08"
deathDate: "1999-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.453830666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%9C%E5%B1%B1%E9%AD%81%E5%A4%B7"
    title: "东山魁夷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashiyama_Kaii"
    title: "Higashiyama Kaii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaii_Higashiyama"
    title: "Kaii Higashiyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaii_Higashiyama"
    title: "Kaii Higashiyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaii_Higashiyama"
    title: "Kaii Higashiyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaii_Higashiyama"
    title: "Kaii Higashiyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E5%B1%B1%E9%AD%81%E5%A4%B7"
    title: "東山魁夷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaii_Higashiyama"
    title: "Kaii Higashiyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B8"
    title: "Хигасияма, Кайи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315560"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump