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Waichi Tsutaka
Waichi Tsutaka (津高和一, Tsutaka Waichi, November 1, 1911, in Osaka – January 17, 1995, in Nishinomiya) was a Japanese visual artist, mainly known as painter and poet. Tsutaka has been recognized as one of the leading postwar Japanese abstract painters for his calligraphic paintings, which explored the formal, textual, and material variety of lines. He also created ink paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, ceramic plates, stone carvings, collages, and illustrations for publications, as well as poems, essays and articles on art, and exhibitions reviews. Tsutaka was an influential figure in the cultural life of the Hanshin region, who vitally engaged in artist groups and platforms for cross-genre exchange, in art education, and in art projects and outdoor exhibitions that aimed at breaking down the separation between art and (everyday) life, making art accessible for a broader public, and fostering dialogue through art. Biography Early life Born in 1911 in Osak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Osaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka greatly expanded in size and underwent rapid industrialization. In 1889, Osaka was officially established as a municipality. The construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishinomiya
270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of 4800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Nishinomiya is an important commercial and shipping city in the Kansai region with the third largest population in Hyōgo Prefecture. Nishinomiya is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball championship is held. Geography Nishinomiya is located in southeast Hyōgo Prefecture between the cities of Kobe and Osaka. It is bordered by Osaka Bay to the south, the cities of Amagasaki, Itami and Takarazuka along the Mukogawa and Nigawa rivers to the east and by a part of the Rokkō Mountains and Kobe to the north. The city can be divided into two areas: a mountainous area in the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Calligraphy
also called is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. Written Japanese was originally based on Chinese characters only, but the advent of the hiragana and katakana Japanese syllabaries resulted in intrinsically Japanese calligraphy styles. Styles The term shodō (書道, "way of writing") is of Chinese origin, and is widely used to describe the art of Chinese calligraphy during the medieval Tang dynasty. Early Japanese calligraphy was originated from Chinese calligraphy. Many of its principles and techniques are very similar, and it recognizes the same basic writing styles: * seal script (篆書 ''tensho'') (pinyin: ''zhuànshū''). The seal script (tensho) was commonly used throughout the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC) and the following Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) of China. After this time period, tensho style fell out of popularity in favor of reisho. However, tensho was still used for titles of published works or inscriptions. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanshin Industrial Region
The is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the ''on''-reading of the kanji used to abbreviate the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis. The GDP of this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive regions. 2014 Osaka and Kobe's GDP per capita (PPP) was US$35,902. Statistics (4-digit industrial subclassification) Main cities and industries Ōsaka Prefecture Osaka: medical, chemical, metal Facilities: * Rohto Pharmaceutical * Daiichi Sankyo * Takeda Pharmaceutical Company * Sumitomo Chemical * Sumitomo Electric Industries * Sharp * Kansai Paint * Kansai Electric Power Company Laboratories, research institutes: * Rohto Pharmaceutical * Shionogi Pharmaceutical * Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma * Sumitomo Pharmaceutical * Sumitomo Chemical Sakai: chemical, metal Facilities: * ExxonMobil * Showa Denko * Ube Industries * Nippon Oil * Esso * Bayer (polyurethane) * Nippon Steel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiro Yoshihara
was a Japanese painter, art educator, curator, and businessman. Mainly known for his gestural abstract impasto paintings from the 1950s and Zen-painting inspired hard-edge ''Circles'' beginning in the 1960s, Yoshihara’s oeuvre also encompasses drawings, murals, sculptures, calligraphy, ink wash paintings, ceramics, watercolors, and stage design. Yoshihara was a key figure of postwar Japanese art and culture through his work as painter, art educator, promoter of the arts, and networker between the arts, commerce, and industry in the Kansai region and beyond, and, especially, as the leader of the postwar avant-garde art collective Gutai Art Association, which he co-founded in 1954. Under Yoshihara’s guidance, Gutai explored radically experimental approaches, including outdoor exhibitions, performances, onstage presentations, and interactive works. Fueled by Yoshihara’s global ambitions, Gutai developed artistic strategies to communicate internationally and insert themselves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōdeisha
, the “Crawling through Mud Association,” was founded by Kazuo Yagi and led by Yagi and two other founding members, Hikaru Yamada and Suzuki Osamu. Sodeisha was formed in opposition to the Mingei or folk-craft movement that was the dominant ceramic style and philosophy in mid-20th century Japan, and also in reaction to the aesthetic of rusticity associated with the tea ceremony inspired Shino and Bizen ceramics of the Momoyama Revival pottery of artists such as Kaneshige Toyo and Arakawa Toyozu. Sodeisha had nearly 40 members in 1964 and was disbanded in 1998. Founding and philosophy Kyoto, where Sodeisha was founded, had a prominent ceramics industry since the late sixteenth century. Many workshops have emerged across the city, in particular on the hills east of the city, in neighborhoods such as Awata and Gojozaka. In the 1940s, ceramic production in Kyoto and beyond was still very much controlled by small-sized, family style workshops that often have an inherited arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokujinkai
Bokujinkai (墨人会, “People of the Ink,” est. 1952) is a Japanese calligraphy collective, research group, and exhibition society. It was founded by the calligraphers Shiryū Morita, Yūichi Inoue, Sōgen Eguchi, Yoshimichi Sekiya, and Bokushi Nakamura. Although still active today, Bokujinkai remains best known for its activities in the 1950s, when its members helped advance avant-garde calligraphy (前衛書, ''zen’ei sho'') or modern calligraphy (現代書, ''gendai sho'') both in Japan and internationally. History Establishment Bokujinkai was established by Morita, Inoue, Eguchi, Yoshimichi, and Nakamura on January 5, 1952 at Ryōanji in Kyoto. All five members were students of the experimental calligrapher Sōkyū Ueda. The formation of Bokujinkai can be seen as a formal split from both the calligraphy establishment and from other avant-garde calligraphers. Background and split from Keiseikai The formation of Bokujinkai was heavily influenced by the landscap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenzo Okada
Kenzo Okada (岡田 謙三, ''Okada Kenzō''; born on September 28, 1902, died on July 25, 1982) was a Japanese-born American painter and the first Japanese-American artist to work in the Abstract Expressionist style and receive international acclaim.The Phillips Collection. Ed. Erika D. Passantino. Consulting ed. David W. Scott. Researchers Virginia Speer Burden, ''The Eye of Duncan Phillips: A Collection in the Making'', Yale University Press, New Haven, 1999, At the 29th Venice Biennale in 1958, Okada’s work was exhibited in the Japan Pavilion alongside that of five other Japanese artists, and Okada won the Astorre Meyer Prize and UNESCO Prize. According to artist Michelle Stuart, "when Okada came to the United States he was already a mature painter, well considered in his native Japan. To American abstraction Okada brought civilized restraint, an elegance of device and an unusual gift for poetic transmutation of natural forms." Okada's work has been featured in retrospe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toko Shinoda
was a Japanese artist. Shinoda is best known for her abstract sumi ink paintings and prints. Shinoda’s oeuvre was predominantly executed using the traditional means and media of East Asian calligraphy, but her resulting abstract ink paintings and prints express a nuanced visual affinity with the bold black brushstrokes of mid-century Abstract Expressionism. In the postwar New York art world, Shinoda’s works were exhibited at the prominent art galleries including the Bertha Schaefer Gallery and the Betty Parsons Gallery. Shinoda remained active all her life and in 2013, she was honored with a touring retrospective exhibition at four venues in Gifu Prefecture (Gifu Collection of Modern Arts; Toko Shinoda Art Space; Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; and Gallery Kohodo) to celebrate her 100th birthday. Shinoda has had solo exhibitions at the Seibu Museum at Art, Tokyo in 1989, the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu in 1992, the Singapore Art Museum in 1996, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washi
is traditional Japanese paper. The term is used to describe paper that uses local fiber, processed by hand and made in the traditional manner. ''Washi'' is made using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (''Edgeworthia chrysantha''), or the paper mulberry (''kōzo'') bush. As a Japanese craft, it is registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. ''Washi'' is generally tougher than ordinary paper made from wood pulp, and is used in many traditional arts. Origami, Shodō, and Ukiyo-e were all produced using ''washi''. ''Washi'' was also used to make various everyday goods like clothes, household goods, and toys, as well as vestments and ritual objects for Shinto priests and statues of Buddha. It was even used to make wreaths that were given to winners in the 1998 Winter Paralympics. ''Washi'' is also used to repair historically valuable cultural properties, paintings, and books at museums and libraries around the world, such as the Louvre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka University Of Arts
is a private arts university located in Kanan, Osaka, Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964. The university adopted the current name in 1966. Notable teachers *Toshiyuki Hosokawa *Takeji Iwamiya *Kazuo Koike *Sadao Nakajima *Kazuki Ōmori *Go Nagai *Teruaki Georges Sumioka, Full Professor of Philosophy Notable students *Takami Akai, illustrator *Hideaki Anno, animation and film director *Kiyohiko Azuma, manga author and illustrator *Arata Furuta, actor *Satoshi Hashimoto, voice actor *Tenpei Nakamura, pianist *Katsunori Ozaki, pianist *Kenjiro Hata, manga artist *Toshio Kakei, actor *Koji Kanemoto *Shinichiro Kimura, anime director *Toshiyuki Kita, furniture designer *Takashi Tezuka, video game designer at ''Nintendo'' *Yoshiaki Koizumi, video game designer at ''Nintendo'' *Koji Kondo, video game composer at ''Nintendo'' *Kenji Yamamoto (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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