Praemium Imperiale

The Praemium Imperiale (Japanese高 松 宫殿 下 记念 世界文化 赏, Takamatsu no miya Denka kinen sekai bunka - shō, literally: World Culture Prize in Memory of his Highness Prince Takamatsu ) is a 1989 endowment founded on the initiative of the Japanese imperial family price. He is considered the "Nobel Prize of the Arts " and sees itself as a " counterpart " to the Nobel Prize for literature for other branches of the arts. Excellent are the artists " for their services, for the influence they exert internationally in art, and for their enrichment of the world community ".

The Japan Art Association awarded him a year for an artistic life's work in five categories: painting, sculpture, architecture, music, film / theater.

The award comes with a cash prize of 15 million yen each: doped ( € 106,000, as of April 7, 2014 ).

Award winners

Painting

Sculpture

Architecture

Music

Film / Theater

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