Ikeda Yoson

Ikeda Yōson ( Japanese 池田 遙 邨 , real first name Shōichi ( 昇 一 ); born November 1, 1895 , in Okayama Prefecture ; died September 26, 1988 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction of the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Ikeda Yōson began to study painting under Matsubara Sangorō (1864–1946) in 1912. Three years later, in 1915, he won a prize at the 5th exhibition of the Ministry of Culture. In 1918 he switched to Nihonga painting and became a student of Takeuchi Seihō . In the same year he won a prize on the first "Teiten". He then enrolled in the Kyōto Municipal Art School ( 京都 市立 絵 画 専 門 学校 , Kyōto shiritsu semmon gakkō ), from which he graduated in 1924. He then worked as a researcher in the field of art.

In 1928 he found attention for his sketches, which he made on foot along the Tōkaidō , the old country road between Tōkyō and Kyōto. His painting " Osaka in the Snow" ( 雪 の 大阪 , Yuki no Ōsaka ), submitted to the 9th Teiten exhibition in the same year , received a major award, which was followed by another award the following year. He had established himself as one of the most important painters of his generation. - After that, Ikeda continued to exhibit at the Teiten, Shi-Bunten and Nitten and, together with Kanashima Keika (1892–1974) and Tokuoka Shinsen (1896–1972), was considered one of the three greats of the Chikujō-kai ( 竹杖 会 ) , Takeuchi's private training center.

Ikeda's particular style included elements of woodcut as well as painting in the Yamato-e - as well as in the Nanga -style, with which he created what one could call “fantastic, spiritual landscapes”. He won the Japanese Academy of Arts Prize in 1959 and became a member of the Academy in 1976. In 1984 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits , in 1986 he became an honorary citizen of the city of Kurashiki and in 1987 he received the Order of Culture .

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The exhibition series was called Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ), abbreviated as colorful ( 文 展 ). From 1919, the successor institution was called "Imperial Art Exhibition" ( 帝国芸術展覧会 , Teikoku bijutsu tenrankai ), abbreviated Teiten ( 帝展 ) and finally after 1945 "Japanese Art Exhibition" ( 日本芸術展覧会 , Nihon bijutsu tenrankai ), abbreviated Nitten ( 日展 ).

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Ikeda Yōsont . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 587.
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Ikeda Yōson . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Ikeda Yōson . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links image selection

• Stone stairs, watercolor, 1912
• After the rain, watercolor, 1912/1915
• Ōmi shrine, paint on silk, 1942

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