Katori Hotsuma

Katori Hotsuma

Katori Hotsuma ( Japanese 香 取 秀 真 , actually Katori Hidejirō (香 取 秀 治郎); born January 1, 1874 in Chiba Prefecture ; died January 31, 1954 in Tōkyō ) was a Japanese artisan .

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Katori Hotsuma graduated in 1897 from the "Tōkyō bijutsu gakkō" (東京 美術 学校), the forerunner of today's Geidai , in the field of metal casting. He researched metal casting at his training center and began teaching the history of metal casting in 1903. He was one of the leading Japanese metal craftsmen in the first half of the 20th century. He was a professor at his alma mater and a member of the Academy of Arts .

As a Tanka poet, he published his seals in the magazine " Araragi " and wrote extensively on the history of metal casting. His works include “Draft of a history of metal casting in Japan” (日本 鋳 工 史稿, Nihon chūkō-shi kō), “History of metal handicrafts in Japan” (日本 金工 史, Nihon kinkō-shi) and the poetry collections “ After the Kanreki ”(還 暦 以後, Kanreki igo) and“ Fuigo-matsuri ”(ふ い ご 祭), which is about the annual event of the blacksmiths in Tōkyō.

In 1953, Katori was honored as a person with special cultural merits . In the same year he was the first arts and craftsman to be awarded the Order of Culture .

Remarks

1. ↑ Kanreki (還 暦) denotes the completion of the 60th year of life and the beginning of the next sixty.

Web links (images)

• Decorated vase in cast bronze , (雷 文 鋳 銅 花瓶, Raimon chūdō kabin) 1931
• Wide-mouth kettle , (深 口 釜, fukaguchi kama) beginning of the Shōwa period, 1938
• Ashtray , (灰 落 と し, Hai-otoshi) without a year

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Katori Hotsuma . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 754.

Web links

• Katori Hotsuma in the Kotobank, Japanese

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