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Migishi Setsuko
Migishi Setsuko (三岸節子, January 3, 1905 – April 18, 1999) was a Japanese ''yōga'' (Western-style) painter. Known for employing vivid colors and bold strokes for still-life and landscape, Migishi contributed greatly to the establishment and elevation of the status of female artists in the Japanese art scene. Early Years Born Setsuko Yoshida in Nakashima-gun (later Oniishi, now Ichinomiya), Aichi Prefecture, into a wealthy family who built a textile factory in Owari, she was the sixth of ten children. Her birth family was a wealthy landowner who ran a woolen cloth manufacturing business. Due to a congenital dislocation of the hip joint, Migishi had a major operation during her infant times at a hospital in Nagoya. After attending Koshin Nakajima Elementary School, she enrolled in Kihatsu Elementary School in 1915 and graduated from the school in 1917. She entered Shukutoku High School for Girls in Nagoya. While at school, her roommate at the school's dorm, Suzu Toda, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichinomiya
is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14. The term gave rise to modern place names, such as the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi. Overview The term "Ichinomiya" literally means "first shrine" and is popularly regarded as the highest ranking shrine in each province, with the second ranking shrine referred to as the "Ninomiya" and third ranking shrine as "Sannomiya", and so on. However, there is no documentary material stipulating on how the shrines in each province are to be ranked, or even when this ranking system was created. As a general rule, all shrines designated "Ichinomiya" are of ancient origin and are listed in the ''Engishiki'' records completed in 927AD. However, the shrine selected is not necessarily the largest, or oldest, in that province, and is not necessarily one of the "Meishin Taisha", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shima Seien
(1892–1970) was a nihonga artist in Taishō and Shōwa Japan. Life Born in Sakai in 1892, around the age of 13 she moved with her family to in Osaka. She taught herself how to paint while assisting her brother with his work in design, going on to study with and . Married in 1921, she moved to Manchuria in 1927, returning to Japan at the end of the war. Works Shima Seien was awarded certificates of commendation for at the sixth ''Bunten'' exhibition in 1912, at the seventh ''Bunten'', and at the ninth ''Bunten''. Her 1918 self-portrait features a facial bruise which she wrote symbolizes the many abuses routinely inflicted upon women by men and the backdrop of an unfinished painting. It is one of three of her works designated as Municipal Cultural Properties of Osaka. This work and two others by the artist, ''Blackened Teeth'' (1920) and Woman (Passion of Black Hair) (1917) were shown in Tokyo in 2021 as part of an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Toky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joryū Gaka Kyōkai
Joryū Gaka Kyōkai (女流画家協会, Association of Women Painters) is a prominent exhibition society for Japanese women artists that was founded in 1947 by the painters Setsuko Migishi, Yuki Katsura, Eiko Fujikawa, and others. Inspired by the new, equal opportunities awarded Japanese women after World War II, and instigated by the lack of exhibition opportunities for women artists, the exhibition society aimed – and still aims today – to elevate the works of women artists and provide an entry point for new artists. When the group was first established, Migishi was the primary voice and leader of the group. She insisted that it would be different and independent from established ''dantai,'' or exhibition societies, in the Japanese art world. Joryū Gaka Kyōkai was meant to be a “merger” of women artists from all spectrums of the art world, rather than just another exhibition society. In the same vein, rather than advocate a specific ideology, philosophy, or style, Mig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginza
Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses located in its vicinity. It is considered to be one of the most expensive, elegant, and luxurious city districts in the world. Ginza was a part of the old Kyobashi ward of Tokyo City, which, together with Nihonbashi and Kanda, formed the core of Shitamachi, the original downtown center of Edo (Tokyo). History Ginza was built upon a former swamp that was filled in during the 16th century. The name Ginza comes after the establishment of a silver-coin mint established there in 1612, during the Edo period. After a devastating fire in 1872 burned down most of the area, the Meiji government designated the Ginza area as a "model of modernization." The governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nika Exhibition
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Suginami, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English. As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2. The total area is 34.06 km2. Geography Suginami occupies the western part of the ward area of Tokyo. Its neighbors include these special wards: to the east, Shibuya and Nakano; to the north, Nerima; and to the south, Setagaya. Its western neighbors are the cities of Mitaka and Musashino. The Kanda River passes through Suginami. The Zenpukuji river originates from Zenpukuji Park in western Suginami, and the Myōshōji River originates in Myōshōji Park, to the north of Ogikubo station. History The name Suginami dates back to the early Edo period and is a shortened version of ''Suginamiki'' ("avenue of cedars"). This name came about when an early land baron, Lord Tadayoshi Okabe, planted a row of cedar trees to mark the bounds of his property. The ward was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
