Entsuba Katsuzo

Memorial to Suzuki Miekichi in Hiroshima (1964)

Entsuba Katsuzō ( Japanese 圓 鍔 勝 三 ; born: November 30, 1905 in Kawachi ( Hiroshima Prefecture ); died: October 31, 2003 ) was a Japanese sculptor of the Shōwa period .

life and work

Entsuba Katsuzō spent his youth in Kyoto, where he had many opportunities to see wooden sculptures. After he had attended the "Kansai Art Institute" (関 西 美術 院, Kansai Bijutsu-in), he enrolled in the private "Japanese Art School" (日本 美術 学校, Nihon Bijutsu Gakkō) in Tōkyō and graduated there in 1932. During his studies he dealt with the design of wooden sculptures under the guidance of Sawada Seikō (1894–1988). As early as 1930 his sculpture "Sun and Stars" (星 陽, Seiyō) was accepted for the 11th part exhibition. His sculpture "Beginning of Summer" (初夏, Shoka), which he exhibited at the 3rd Bunter, received praise, as was the case with his later works. His final thesis at the school in 1932, the plaster model "Sitting Woman" (腰 か け た 女, Koshikaketa onna), received a 2nd prize.

In 1947 Entsuba became a professor at the Tama School of Art . He was now exhibiting at the Nitten. In 1965 he won the Prize of the Minister of Culture (文部省 大臣 賞, Mombushō-daijin shō) and the following year the Prize of the Academy of Arts , of which he became a member in 1970. In 1978 he completed the statues of the two temple guards (仁王, Niō) for the temple gate of Honmon-ji in the Ikegami district of Tōkyō.

Buddhist sculptures formed the basis of Entsuba's work, but he also drew heavily on Egyptian and primitive sculptures. Many of his figures are designed romantically and emphasize the natural beauty of wood.

In 1982, Entsuba was honored as a person with special cultural merits and in 1988 he received the Order of Culture .

Remarks

1. ↑ 河内 村, today part of Onomichi .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Bunten is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition (文 展) for Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ) from 1907 to 1918, Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for follow-up facility (帝国美術展 覧 会 , Teikoku bijutsu -in tenrankai ) between 1919 and 1935. The successor from 1936 to 1944 was again called Bunter, a shin (新) for "new" was added to distinguish it. Since 1946, the exhibition has been called Nitten for ( 日本 美術展 覧 会 , Nihon bijutsu-in tenrankai ) , no longer state-owned .

literature

• Tazawa, Yutaka: Entsuba Katsuzō . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .

Web links

• Information page about Entsuba, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Entsuba is the family name, Katsuzō the first name.