Hashimoto Okiie

Hashimoto Okiie ( Japanese 橋本 興 家 ; October 4, 1899 in Tottori Prefecture - August 18, 1993 ) was a Japanese woodblock print artist of the yoga direction .

life and work

Hashimoto graduated from the Tōkyō bijutsu gakkō , the forerunner of today's Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku, as an art teacher in 1924 . He then worked as a teacher until 1955 and worked as an artist in his spare time. While he was initially occupied with oil painting, from 1936 he attended three woodcut courses led by Hiratsuka Un'ichi and began to make prints himself. That was also the beginning of a lifelong friendship with Hiratsuka. In 1937 he was seen for the first time with a contribution to the exhibition of the Japan Print Association. In 1950 he participated in the last exhibition of the Ichimoku-kai initiated by Onchi Kōshirō .

After leaving school prematurely, he devoted himself entirely to artistic creation and has now become better known, especially after he appeared in Stadler's book "Modern Japanese Prints". appeared. Much of what Hashimoto created before and after World War II is dedicated to Japanese castles and gardens, such as the series "Ten Views of Old Castles" ( 古城 十景 , Kojō jūkei ), published in 1946. In later years he also created prints with floral motifs and figures. In 1974 he became chairman of the Japanese Print Association.

literature

• Smith, Lawrence: Modern Japanese Prints. 1912-1989. Cross River Press, 1994. ISBN 1-55859-871-5 .
• Merrit, Helen: Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints. The Early Years. University of Hawaii Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8248-1200-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stadler, Oliver: Modern Japanes Prints. Art reborn. Rutland, Vt .: Tuttle, (1956)

Web links

• Saru Gallery: Examples of Hashimoto's art

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Hashimoto is the family name, Okiie the first name.