Horii Kōha

Horii Kōha ( Japanese 堀 井 香 坡 , real name: Horii Seitarō (堀 井 清 太 朗); born March 9, 1897 in Kyoto ; died April 18, 1990 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction of the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Horii graduated in 1915 from the Department of Painting of the "Municipal School of Arts and Crafts Kyōto" (京都 市立 美術 工 芸 学校), then continued to study at the "Municipal School of Painting Kyoto" (京都 市立 絵 画 専 門 学校). Even before graduating there in 1918, the picture with the title "ね が ひ" (Negahi, request) was accepted at the 9th Bunter exhibition. A picture was also accepted at the 11th Bunter in 1918, it was entitled "雷鳴" (Kaminari, thunderstorm).

Horii remained connected to his teacher Kikuchi Keigetsu and exhibited with him and on his part. In 1920 he showed the picture "鷺 娘" (Sagi musume, heron girl) on the 2nd part and the picture "異端 の 女" (Hitan no onna, idiosyncratic woman) on the 3rd and on the 4th. "春 の よ ひ" (Haru no yohi, spring joy) and other pictures with which he acquired the reputation of a painter of the erotic genre. Over time his pictures became more moderate, and on the 9th part in 1928 the picture “百萬” (Hyakuman, One Million) and on the 10th the picture “夕 凪” (Yūnagi, evening calm) received a special award. - Horii was seen in 1931 at the “Exhibition of Japanese Painting” in Berlin with a portrait of a woman.

From 1930 Horii could exhibit jury-free and from 1934 he became a member of the jury himself. He also exhibited at the Shin-Bunter, and after 1945 at the Nitten. - His pictures often show characters from history, where he repeatedly dealt with the topic of "beautiful women" (美人, Bijin). Other notable pictures are "夏日 遊戯" (Kajitsu yūgi), which Horii showed on the 12th part and "„ 暮色 "(Nantō boshoku) on the 15th part.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} 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 called wiedr Bunten, 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 .
2. ↑ The picture shows two women with long, loose hair dressed in long robes, one standing, covering her ears, the other lying on the floor, covering her head.

literature

• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (ed.): Horii Kōha In: Kyōto no Nihonga 1910–1930. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1986. ISBN 4-87642-117-X .

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