Kanai Ushu

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Kanai Ushu ( Japanese 金井烏洲 , real name: Kanai Tai (金井泰), another stage name : Bantai-ō (晩泰翁), Uryū (雨笠) Shunzanrō (春山楼), Ringaku (林学), Tochigi ō (栃 木 翁), Kyūboku-ō / Kuchiki-ō (朽木 翁), Hakusason-ō (白沙 邨 翁); born 1796 in the province of Kōzuke ; died February 8, 1857 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nanga direction during the late Edo period .

life and work

Kanai Ushū was born in Kōzuke Province, today's Gumma Prefecture. He studied painting under Haruki Nanko (春 木 南湖; 1759–1839) at an early age, then traveled to Edo in 1816 and studied the Confucian classics there under Asagawa Zen'an (朝 川 善 庵; 1780–1846) and poetry under Kikuchi Gozan (菊 地五 山; 1796–1846) and Koga Dōan (古 賀 侗 庵; 1788–1847). He trained under Tani Bunchō and belonged to the poet society "小 不朽 吟 社" (Shōfukuyūin-sha) of the monk painter and poet Unshitsu (雲 室; 1753-1827). Kanai also dealt with early Chinese painting.

Kanai toured the western provinces in 1833 and became known with the group of Rai San'yō (1780-1832). He was a staunch advocate of restoring the position of the Tennō and influenced his student Tazaki Sōun (1815–1898) in this way.

Kanai's representative works include "月 ケ 瀬 探 梅 図 鑑" (Tsukigase tambai zukan), "赤壁 夜遊 図" (Sekiheki yayū-zu, evening fun on the Red Cliff) and "榛 名 富士 図" (Haruna Fuji-zu, Mount Fuji near Haruna) . He was also the author of works dealing with the principles of painting, such as “無声 詩話” (Museishiwa) and Museishisho. In 1940 the Ushū Society (烏 洲 会) published a volume of Ushū's essays, "烏 洲 先生 遺稿" (Ushū sensei ikō).

photos

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  Evening on the red cliff

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  Landscape 1

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  Landscape 2

Remarks

1. ↑ The Red Cliff is a rock on the Yangtze in China. Tani Bunchō has often designed this theme.

literature

• Tazawa, Yutaka: Kanai Ushū . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Ushu . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

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 Kanai is the family name, Ushū the first name.