Kusumi Morikage
Kusumi Morikage ( Japanese 久隅守景 , first name: Hambei (半兵衛), stage name : Itchinsai (一陣斎) Mugesai (無下斎); circa 1620-1690) was a Japanese painter of the mid- Edo period .
life and work
The exact life dates of Kusumi Morikage are not known. He was active between 1634 and 1697, an unusually long period of time. He began his career as a student of Kanō Tan'yū and developed into his best. He married a niece of his master, but had to leave the studio, possibly because he did not want to follow the Chinese style of Tan'yūs. In 1673 he was invited to Kanazawa by the head of the Maeda clan , and worked there until 1680, possibly creating designs for the Kutani pottery. There is no reliable information about his final years. He may have spent it in Kyoto, but there is also the version that he got into a conflict with the shogunate, was exiled to the island of Sado and died there.
Morikage continued the Tan'yūs style, but combined it with elements that he borrowed from the works of the sesshū he admired . In many of his works he dealt with the daily life of the farmers and created pictures that exude a friendly, lyrical atmosphere. - His daughter Kiyohara Yukinobu (清 原 雪 信) was also a talented artist.
Morikage's best-known works include the picture "夕顔 棚 納涼 図" (Yūgao-dana nōryō to, Under the cucumber trellis in the cool evening) owned by the Asō family and the screens that represent farm work in the four seasons that are in Owned by the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum.
photos
Farm work in the four seasons
literature
- Tazawa, Yutaka: Kusumi Morikage . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
- Laurance P. Roberts: Morikage . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kusumi, Morikage |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 久 隅 守 景 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1620 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1690 |