Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

"Back", 1936

Kobayakawa Kiyoshi ( Japanese 小早川 清 ; August 29, 1899 in Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture - April 4, 1948 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese painter and woodblock artist of the Nihonga style .

life and work

Kobayakawa was born in Hakata, a district of Fukuoka. After first painting lessons at home, he went to Tokyo in 1915 and studied under Kaburagi Kiyokata and joined his home association ( 郷 土 会 , Kyōdo-kai ).

His painting "Mrs. Okiku from Nagasaki" ( 長崎 の お 菊 さ ん , Nagasaki no O-Kiku-san ) was accepted in the 5th Part Exhibition in 1924 . That was the beginning of regular participation in exhibitions.

In the mid-1920s, Kobayakawa began to be interested in woodblock prints. He provided printing templates for the publishers Takamizawa Enji (1870-1927) and Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962), but also employed his own woodcut tailors. From 1930 to 1931 he created the series "Geschminkte Welt der Gegenwart" ( 近代 時 世 粧 , Kindai jiseshō ), from the "tipsy" ( ほ ろ 酔 い , Horoyoi ), "nails" ( 爪 , Tsume ), "make-up" ( 化粧 , Keshō ), “black hair” ( 黒 髪 , Kurokami ), “lipstick” ( 口紅 , Kuchibeni ), and “eyes” ( 瞳 , Hitomi ) are particularly well known.

Kobayakawa died of a stroke at home in 1948.

photos

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  "Okichi from Shimoda"

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  "
  Tipsy"

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  "Eyes"

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  "Makeup"

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  "Nails"

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  "Youth"

literature

• Merrit, Helen: Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints. The Early Years. University of Hawaii Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8248-1200-X .
• MOA Bijutsukan (Ed.): Kindai Nihon no mokuhanga. MOA Bijutsukan, 1983.

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