Atsushi Harada has won a competition held by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation for his watercolour portrait of a snow leopard, The Japan News reported on 13 July.
The artist took the title of 2015 Wildlife Artist of the Year in the endangered wildlife category for White Ghost.
Launched in 2007 by British artist and conservationist David Shepherd CBE to raise funds and awareness of endangered animals, the competition has raised more than £150,000 (¥28mn) to date for the foundation’s projects.