was a Japanese

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and painting teacher in Taishō and Shōwa

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Life

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Chigusa Kitani at

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, the center of the

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(the second largest metropolitan area in Japan), in 1895 under the name . While studying at Shimizudani Girls' High School, She studied

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under who is a famous painter of the . She moved to

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in 1913 ( Taishō 2) to study under . Frontispiece by Kitani Chigusa 03

After returning to Osaka, She became a pupil of and . Kitano is famous painter who draws ( . In 1919, She started studying under in Kyoto. She trained in

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, in the United States for two years from the age of 13, and her work was exhibited throughout Japan. In 1920, she married , a researcher on Chikamatsu Monzaemon (

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tist of jōruri). In the same year, she established a painting school and at her home in Osaka. She aimed to nurture, instruct and improve the status of female painters. She died in 1947 ( Shōwa 22) in the Minamikawachi of Osaka at the age of 51.

Works

In 1915, Chigusa Kitani was 20years old, was selected for the first as and for the 9th It was renamed the in 1911. as .This Hari-Kuyō is a work depicting a Geisha girl in Kyoto. She showed her works at the exhibitions such as , and Yachigusakai-ten (Yachigusakai's Exhibition).

Gallery

File:Mayu no nagori by Kitani Chigusa.jpg, File:Ongoku by Kitani Chigusa (Osaka City Museum of Modern Art).jpg, File:Shinjū yoigōshin no O-chiyo by Kitani Chigusa.jpg, from "Complete works of Chikamatsu Monzaemon" by Hōgin Kitani File:Joruri Boat by Kitani Chigusa.jpg, File:Frontispiece by Kitani Chigusa 01.jpg, -

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References

Sources

KITANI (YOSHIOKA) Chigusa«Ongoku»｜Our Collection｜Artrip Museum : Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
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. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

External links

KITANI (YOSHIOKA) Chigusa«Ongoku»｜Our Collection｜Artrip Museum : Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
- Osaka City Museum Of Modern Art, JAPAN {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitani, Chigusa 1895 births 1947 deaths 20th-century Japanese painters 20th-century Japanese women artists Nihonga painters