Hundertwasser in Japan 1961

Hundertwasser in Japan 1961
1961
In 1961 Hundertwasser travelled to Japan, where he was awarded the Mainichi Prize at the 6th International Art Exhibition in Tokyo. He married a second time in 1962. His marriage to the Japanese artist Yuko Ikewada ended in divorce in 1966. It was during his time in Japan that he came up with the name Friedensreich.