Geiami

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Geiami: Looking at a waterfall

Geiami ( Japanese 芸 阿 弥 , actually Nakao Shingei (中 尾 真 芸), another stage name : Gakusō (学 叟); born 1431 ; died December 8, 1485 ) was a Japanese monk - painter of the Muromachi period .

life and work

Geiami was the son of Nōami (能 阿 弥), and like his father, he used a name ending in ami . And like his father, he worked for the Shogunate as Dōbōshū (同 朋 衆), with the task of looking after the works of Chinese origin. He had a great talent for poetry, for drawing up pictures and interior decorations with pictures. Geiami was also active as a painter, as evidenced by his work "観 瀑 図" (Kambaku to, viewing a waterfall), which he bequeathed to his pupil Shōkei in 1480 .

This picture shows a somewhat stiff composition based on the pictures of the academic painters during the Southern Song Dynasty . Pictures from the collection of Chinese works owned by the shogunate served as models. Geiami was also based on the Japanese Japanese painter Shūbun .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Owned by the Nezu Museum .

literature

  • Tazawa, Yutaka: Geiami . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
  • Laurance P. Roberts: Geiami . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Geiami
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 芸 阿 弥 (Japanese); Nakao Shingei (real name); 中 尾 真 芸 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1431
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1485