Masuo Ikeda

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| birth_date = February 23, 1934

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|3|8|1934|2|23}}

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| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, ceramist, novelist and film director

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{{nihongo|Masuo Ikeda|池田 満寿夫|Ikeda Masuo|February 23, 1934 – March 8, 1997}} was a Japanese painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, ceramist, novelist, and film director from Nagano Prefecture.

Awards

  • Ikeda won the Akutagawa Prize for Offering In The Aegean (Eegekai ni sasagu).

Museum

The Ikeda Masuo Art Museum, named after Ikeda, is located in Nagano.