Inagaki Toshijirō

Inagaki: Kimono, 1961

Inagaki Toshijirō ( Japanese 稲 垣 稔 次郎 ; born March 3, 1902 in Kyoto ; died June 10, 1963 ) was a Japanese textile dyer of the Shōwa period .

life and work

Inagaki Toshijirō was born as the second son of Inagaki Takejirō (稲 垣 竹 次郎) in the Shimogyō district of Kyoto. His father was a Nihonga painter who used the stage name Chikubu (竹 埠), but later became known as an artisan with lacquer work. His older brother was Ingakaki Chūsei , who made a name for himself as a painter, but died early.

Inagaki Toshijirō received his training in the design department of the "Municipal School for Arts and Crafts Kyōto" (京都 市立 美術 工 芸 学校, Kyōto shiritsu bijutsu kōgei gakkō). He was then employed at the design department of the Matsuzakaya department store , where he learned dyeing techniques. From 1938 he began to create large pictures on fabric using the Yūzen (友 禅) dyeing technique. In 1941 he won the public's interest with his almost square screen "Zenrinfu byōbu" with Buddhist motifs.

In 1948 Inagaki produced his first fabric with stencil dyeing (型 絵 染, Kata-e zome) and was successful in 1950 when he introduced the screen “青楓 の 図” (Ao kaede zu byōbu, green maple). In the following fourteen years until his death he devoted himself exclusively to stencil coloring and thus consolidated his position in this field. He found his subjects in Kyoto and in the wooded mountains of the surrounding area, drawing on the lyrical world of classic Kyoto for his design.

Inagaki became a professor at the Kyoto Municipal Art College in 1958 . In 1962 it was named “ Living National Treasure ”.

photos

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  Autumn on Giō-ji, 1952

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  Heike Monogatari, 1954

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  Heike Monogatari, 1954

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  Heike Monogatari, 1954

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  Fushimi Inari , 1955

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  Higashi Hongan-ji , 1955

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  New Year in Nishijin, 1958

Remarks

1. ↑ The development of this dyeing technique is attributed to Miyazaki Yūzen (Jahrhundert 崎 友 禅; 17th to 18th centuries).
2. ↑ The small temple Giō-ji (祇 王 寺) is located on the north-western edge of Kyoto.
3. ↑ Nishijin (西 陣) is a district in the north-west of Kyoto.

literature

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

Web links

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