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Yasushi Sugiyama
was a Japanese painter of the Shōwa and Heisei eras, who practiced the nihonga style of watercolour painting. Biography Sugiyama was born in 1909 in Asakusa, the eldest son of the owner of a stationery shop. In 1928, Sugiyama enrolled in the Tokyo Art School (now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). He formed the "rossogasha" (瑠爽画社) along with Yamamoto Kyujin and Takayama Tatsuo, and participated positively in the movement to reform nihonga. His paintings are characteristized by peacefulness filled with a sense of security, owing to excellent sketching ability and solid construction. In 1958, his eldest daughter married Yukio Mishima. As a reason for choosing her, Mishima suggested "because she was the daughter of an artist, so she wouldn't hold to many of the illusions people have about artists". He received a commission to design the carpets of Tokyo Imperial Palace. His stylized pattern of clouds (''kumo'') was used in the ''Shunju-no-Ma'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugiyama Yasushi
was a Japanese painter of the Shōwa and Heisei eras, who practiced the nihonga style of watercolour painting. Biography Sugiyama was born in 1909 in Asakusa, the eldest son of the owner of a stationery shop. In 1928, Sugiyama enrolled in the Tokyo Art School (now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). He formed the "rossogasha" (瑠爽画社) along with Yamamoto Kyujin and Takayama Tatsuo, and participated positively in the movement to reform nihonga. His paintings are characteristized by peacefulness filled with a sense of security, owing to excellent sketching ability and solid construction. In 1958, his eldest daughter married Yukio Mishima. As a reason for choosing her, Mishima suggested "because she was the daughter of an artist, so she wouldn't hold to many of the illusions people have about artists". He received a commission to design the carpets of Tokyo Imperial Palace. His stylized pattern of clouds (''kumo'') was used in the ''Shunju-no-Ma'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Culture
The is a Japanese order, established on February 11, 1937. The order has one class only, and may be awarded to men and women for contributions to Japan's art, literature, science, technology, or anything related to culture in general; recipients of the order also receive an annuity for life. The order is conferred by the Emperor of Japan in person on Culture Day (November 3) each year. It is considered equivalent to the highest rank (Grand Cordon) of the Order of the Rising Sun, the Order of the Sacred Treasure, and the Order of the Precious Crown. The only orders that Japanese emperors bestow on recipients by their own hands are the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, the Grand Cordon of each order, and the Order of Culture. The badge of the order, which is in gold with white enamel, is in the form of a Tachibana orange blossom; the central disc bears three crescent-shaped jades ('' magatama''). The badge is suspended on a gold and enamel wreath of mandarin or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists From Tokyo
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). "Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. Use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like used in criticism. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts. * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry. * A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice. * A follower of a manual art, such as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihonga Painters
''Nihonga'' (, "Japanese-style paintings") are Japanese paintings from about 1900 onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials. While based on traditions over a thousand years old, the term was coined in the Meiji period of Imperial Japan, to distinguish such works from Western-style paintings or ''Yōga'' (). History The impetus for reinvigorating traditional painting by developing a more modern Japanese style came largely from many artist/educators, which included Shiokawa Bunrin, Kōno Bairei, Tomioka Tessai and art critics Okakura Tenshin and Ernest Fenollosa, who attempted to combat Meiji Japan's infatuation with Western culture by emphasizing to the Japanese the importance and beauty of native Japanese traditional arts. These two men played important roles in developing the curricula at major art schools, and actively encouraged and patronized artists. ''Nihonga'' was not simply a continuation of olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Deaths
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1909 Births
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List Of Nihonga Painters
This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''Nihonga'' style. It has to be noted that some artists also painted in the western ''Yōga'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at points. Artists are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name, to ensure consistency even though some artists may be known outside Japan by their western-ordered name. The list is broken down into the period during which the artist was first active: Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa and Heisei era. Meiji era (1868-1912) *Hishida Shunsō 菱田春草 1874-1911 *Kawai Gyokudō 川合玉堂 1873-1957 *Maeda Seison 前田青邨 1885-1977 * Hirata Shōdō 平田松堂 1882-1971 * Otake Chikuha 尾竹 竹坡 1878-1936 * Shimomura Kanzan 下村観山 1873-1930 *Takeuchi Seihō 竹内栖鳳 1864-1942 *Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 1837-1924 *Uemura Shōen 上村松園 1875-1949 * Yasuda Yukihiko 安田靫彦 1884-1978 *Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaii Higashiyama
was a Japanese writer and artist particularly renowned for his Nihonga style paintings. As one of the most popular artists in post-war Japan, Higashiyama was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1956 and the Order of Culture in 1969. Biography Born in Yokohama to parents Kosuke and Higashiyama Kaii, he was given the first name Shinkichi but later changed this to Kaii. From age three to 18 he lived in Kobe where he attended Kobe Junior High School (presentlHyogo Prefectural High School. In 1921 he entered the ''Nihonga'' department of Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). Higashiyama graduated with commendation in 1931 and entered the school's research department, where he spent two years training under Somei Yuki. In 1933, he boarded a cargo ship bound for Europe and began his studies in Western art history at Berlin University, where he studied from 1933 to 1935. At this time his work entered an art competition during the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokoyama Taikan
was the art-name of a major figure in pre-World War II Japanese painting. He is notable for helping create the Japanese painting technique of ''Nihonga''. Early life Yokoyama was born in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture, as the eldest son of Sakai Sutehiko, a samurai serving the Mito clan. His earliest name was Hidezō, and later Hidematsu. With his family, he moved to Tokyo in 1878. He studied at the ''Tōkyō Furitsu Daiichi Chūgakkō'' (today's Hibiya High School), and was interested in the English language and in Western-style oil painting. This led him to study pencil drawing with a painter, Watanabe Fumisaburō. In 1888, he was adopted into his mother's family, taking the surname "Yokoyama" and changed his personal name to Hidemaro. In 1889, Yokoyama enrolled in the first graduating class of the ''Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō'' (the predecessor to the Tokyo University of the Arts), which had just been opened by Okakura Kakuzō (aka Okakura Tenshin). In school, he studied und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seison Maeda
was the art-name of a nihonga painter in the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan. His legal name was Maeda Renzō. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary Japanese painters, and one of the leaders of the Nihonga movement. Biography Maeda was born in what is now Nakatsugawa city, Gifu Prefecture in 1885. His mother died when he was 13, and he moved to Hongō in Tokyo with his father. In 1901, through the introduction of Ozaki Kōyō, Maeda enrolled at the art school headed by Kajita Hanko, from whom he received the name "Seison" in 1902. He met and befriended fellow student, Kobayashi Kokei, whose work influenced many of Maeda's early paintings. Maeda was a member of the '' Kojikai'' artistic group from 1907, and of the Japan Fine Arts Academy (''Teikoku Bijitsuin'') from 1914. He visited Korea in 1915 and China in 1919. Under sponsorship of the Japan Fine Arts Academy, he visited Europe in 1922, touring Rome, Florence, Paris and London for almost one year. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gakuryō Nakamura
Gakuryō Nakamura (中村岳陵, Nakamura Gakuryō) (1890–1969) was a Japanese ''Nihonga'' painter and designer. He received a commission to decorate the ''Hōmei-den'' state banquet hall of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. He designed the tapestry works for the decorations of the wall called “Toyohata-gumo (A Pretty Bank of Clouds)”. He was also commissioned to decorate the ''Ume-no-Ma'' audience room, a hall that has an area of 152 square meters or 46 ''tsubo''. His “Kouhaku-bai” drawing is at the centre of the wall. See also * Seison Maeda (1885–1977), one of the leading ''Nihonga'' painters * List of Nihonga painters This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''Nihonga'' style. It has to be noted that some artists also painted in the western ''Yōga'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at poin ... References External links Artnet , Gakuryō Nakamura 1890 births 1969 deaths Nihonga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
