Kitano Tsunetomi

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Woman on the bridge

Kitano Tsunetomi ( Japanese 北野 恒 富 , actually Kitano Tomotarō (北野 富 太郎), another stage name : Gouan (後 雨 庵); born May 28, 1880 in Kanazawa ; died May 20, 1947 ) was a Japanese painter during the Taishō and early Shōwa period .

life and work

Kitano Tsunetomi initially made printing plates for illustrations in newspapers. At 17 he went to Osaka to become a painter. He now designed illustrations for stories that appeared in newspapers. His large-format advertising posters with beautiful women also found recognition. In 1910, his picture “Assembly of the Beetles” (す だ く 虫, Sudaku mushi) and the following year the picture “Sunshine in the Rain” (日照 雨, Sobae) were awarded a 3rd prize at the Bunter exhibition. With that he had established himself as a painter in the Nihonga style.

In 1914, Kitano exhibited the picture “The Thread of Request” (願 い の 糸, Negai no ito) at the resurrected Inten exhibition. From then on he remained connected to this series of exhibitions and belonged, together with the Tokyo Kaburagi Kiyokata and Uemura Shōen in Kyoto, to the prominent painters of beautiful women. Since Kitano initially portrayed "enchantingly" beautiful women, he was counted among the wing of painting that dealt with the unusual, the "Gadan no Akuma-ha" (画壇 の 悪 魔 派).

From the middle Taishō period, the image of the yodogimi should be emphasized, which has a new depth of representation. With the Shōwa period, Kitano captured modern Japan in a fresh way. - Kitano was shown in 1931 at the “Exhibition of Japanese Painting” in Berlin. In 1989 the Japanese Post issued two postage stamps for 62 yen each with a dancer from the “ Awa Odori ”, the festive procession in Tokushima Prefecture (historically Awa Province ).

photos

  • Sewing, 1914

  • Yodogimi, 1920

  • In front of the mirror

  • "Playing", 1929

  • Screen with two related women, 1936

literature

  • Laurance P. Roberts: Kitano Tsunetomi . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

Commons : Kitano Tsunetomi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Poster for Takashimaya .
  2. ^ Poster for toothpaste, 1913.
  3. ^ Poster for "Sakura Beer", which was brewed from 1943 onwards.
  4. ^ "After the bath", 1912.
  5. ↑ From the series "Tōto meisho" - Famous Places in Tokyo.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Bunten (文 展) is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition of the Ministry of Culture Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ), which took place from 1907 to 1918.
  2. ↑ Inten (院 展) is the abbreviation for Nihon Bijutsuin's annual art exhibition Nihon bijutsu-in tenrankai ( 日本 美術 院 展 覧 会 ) .
  3. ↑ Yodogimi (淀 君) lived from 1567 to 1615. She was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's second wife .
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Kitano is the family name, Tsunetomi the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kitano, Tsunetomi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 北野 恒 富 (Japanese); Kitano Tomotarō (real name); 北野 富 太郎 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Kanazawa
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1947