(1852–1934) was a
yōga
is a style of artistic painting in Japan, typically of Japanese subjects, themes, or landscapes, but using Western (European) artistic conventions, techniques, and materials. The term was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) to distingu ...
artist in
Meiji to
Shōwa Japan.
Life
Born in
Edo in 1852, as a child he began to study under , before moving to Osaka prior to his grandfather's appointment as
bugyō
was a title assigned to '' samurai'' officials during the feudal period of Japan. ''Bugyō'' is often translated as commissioner, magistrate, or governor, and other terms would be added to the title to describe more specifically a given offic ...
(magistrate). Continuing his education under , after returning to Edo he studied for a time with before learning
yōga
is a style of artistic painting in Japan, typically of Japanese subjects, themes, or landscapes, but using Western (European) artistic conventions, techniques, and materials. The term was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) to distingu ...
from , in around 1868.
Initially sponsored by
Katsu Kaishū
Count , best known by his nickname , was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku ) by Sakuma Shōzan. He ...
, with
Tokugawa support he studied political law in America in 1871, travelling the following year to France and Italy. In Venice he turned to the study of painting. Returning to Japan in 1881, he worked for the
Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau before resigning over a disagreement and opening a school for painting in
Kōjimachi
is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
History
Prior to the arrival of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the area was known as . The area developed as townspeople settled along the Kōshū Kaidō.
In 1878, the Kōjimachi area became , a ward of the city of Tokyo.
...
.
In 1889 he participated in the formation of the , the first domestic art association to champion
western-style painting. Within a decade the association had been eclipsed by
Kuroda Seiki
Viscount was a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western art theory and practice to a wide Japanese audience.
He was among the leaders of the '' yōga'' (or Western-style) movement in late 19th and early 20th-century Japanese pa ...
's .
Kawamura Kiyoo often painted in western-style oil on traditional Japanese supports of silk and wood. He died in
Tenri in 1934.
Selected paintings
Fukuzawa Yukichi by Kawamura Kiyoo (Keio).jpg, Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper '' Jiji-Shinpō'', and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.
Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. Hi ...
Summer Airing by Kawamura Kiyoo (Tokyo National Museum).jpg, Summer Airing
Kawamura Fujisakura.gif, Mount Fuji with Cherries
Interior by Kawamura Kiyoo (MOMA Kamakura & Hayama).jpg, Interior Still-life
See also
*''
Founding of the Nation
is a 1929 oil painting by Japanese yōga artist Kawamura Kiyoo (1854–1932). Based on the myth of the cave of the sun goddess from the '' Kojiki'', the painting resides at the Musée Guimet in Paris, where it is known as ''Le coq blanc'' or ...
''
*
Takahashi Yuichi
was a Japanese painter, noted for his pioneering work in developing the ''yōga'' (Western-style) art movement in late 19th-century Japanese painting.There were many Japanese painters who tried Western painting and Western style painting in the ...
References
External links
{{Authority control
1852 births
1934 deaths
19th-century Japanese painters
20th-century Japanese painters
Yōga painters
Artists from Tokyo