Ishikawa Toraji

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Ishikawa Toraji ( Japanese 石川 寅 治 ; * April 5, 1875 in Kōchi ; † August 1, 1964 , real name Ken'ichi ( 健 一 )) was a Japanese painter of the Yōga direction.

life and work

Ishikawa was born in Kōchi . At the age of 17 he attended the painting school of Koyama Shōtarō (1857-1916), who taught painting in the western style (Yōga). Ishikawa stood out there with his talent and in 1895 he supported Koyama, who painted the mural “Horsemen in Manchuria” in the Panorama Hall in Japan and “General Assault on Port Arthur” two years later .

In 1901 Ishikawa was a co-founder of the artist group Taiheiyō gakai ( 太平洋 画 und) and in 1943 became head of the training center affiliated with the artist group. In the first years of the 20th century he traveled through Europe and the USA. In 1913 he received a prize at the exhibition of the Ministry of Culture Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai , short colorful ( 文 展 ). In later years he served as a consultant and member of the jury for the annual exhibition. In 1947 he was involved in founding Shigenkai ( 示 元 会 ), from 1957 he worked there as senior citizen. In 1953 he was awarded the Academy of Arts Prize . In 1958 he became a member of the board of directors at Inten , the successor organization to Bunter .

Ishikawa is known to this day primarily for his woodcut series “Ten different nudes” ( 裸女 十種 , Rafu jūrui ) with the titles “In the morning” ( 朝 , asa ), “In puberty”, ( 青春 , seishun ) “ Bell sound ”( 鈴 の 音 , suzu no oto ),“ dance ”( 踊 り , odori ),“ in the bathroom ”( 浴室 に て , yokushitsu nite ),“ break ”( 憩 い , ikoi ),“ reading material ”( 書 物 , shomotsu ), "The Black Cat" ( 黒 い 猫 , kuroi neko ), which were created between 1935 and 1936. He later designed a similar series in landscape format.

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  • Grow up

  • To dance

  • Rest

  • Read

  • In society

  • After the rain

Remarks

  1. ↑ The "Panorama Hall of Japan" ( 日本 パ ノ ラ マ 館 , Nihon panorama-kan ) was opened on May 23, 1890 in Asakusa Park (Tokyo). The diameter of the cylindrical building was 36 m, the height 30 m.

literature

  • MOA (Ed.): Kindai Nihon no mokuhanga. Moa Art Museum, 1983.
  • Laurence P. Roberts: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Ishikawa, Toraji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 石川寅 治 (stage name, Japanese); 石川健 一 (real name, Japanese); Ishikawa Ken'ichi (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Kochi
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1964