Kihachiro Ueda (上田毅八郎) was a Japanese painter. His primary subject matter is Japanese ships.
During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, Ueda was an anti-aircraft gunner assigned to several merchant ships.
[Letter dated August 2006, http://kevinhamdorfphotography.com/message%20from%20ueda.htm ] He served on about 28 merchant ships, and 6 of those were attacked and destroyed while he was aboard. During his spare time, he would draw ships. On 13 November 1944, while assigned to ''
Kinka Maru'', he was severely injured during a U.S. air raid on Manila Bay. He lost the use of his right hand, but subsequently was able to draw and paint with his left hand.
His painting of the ''
ÅŒryoku Maru
was a Japanese passenger cargo ship which was commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II as a Troopship, troop transport and prisoner of war (POW) transport ship. Japanese POW transport ships are often referred to as hell sh ...
'' (sunk 15 December 1944) is part of the
Hell Ship Memorial Project's display at the
Subic Bay Historical Center, Philippines.
Ueda started working with the model company
Tamiya Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of plastic model kits, radio-controlled cars, battery and solar powered educational models, sailboat models, military vehicle models, acrylic and enamel model paints, and various modeling tools and supplies. The compa ...
in the early 1960s. Ueda illustrated most of the package artwork for Tamiya's
Waterline Series (which consists of about 150 models).
Ueda died on 26 June 2016.
See also
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List of Japanese hell ships
This list of Japanese hell ships encompasses those vessels used for transporting Allied prisoners of war during the Pacific War.
Select list
The names of the Japanese hell ships used during World War II includes some variants which are different ...
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Hell ship
A hell ship is a ship with extremely inhumane living conditions or with a reputation for cruelty among the crew. It now generally refers to the ships used by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army to transport Allied prisoners of w ...
References
External links
*http://www.hlj.com/product/sos21798 (Box art collection to show publication)
*http://kevinhamdorfphotography.com/new%20images%20april%202008.htm
* (discussion of the donation)
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080320033746/http://www.plaza-e.net/ueda.html (Japanese)
*http://www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow/photos.htm
*http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138612 Kinka Maru; details of 13 November 1944 attack
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Japanese painters
Imperial Japanese Navy personnel of World War II
Japanese illustrators
Scale modeling
Artists from Shizuoka Prefecture