Mizuno Toshikata

Memorial stele at the Kanda Myōjin

Mizuno Toshikata ( Japanese 水 野 年 方 ; original first name: Kumejirō ( 粂 次郎 ); born March 6, 1866 in Tōkyō ; died April 7, 1908 ) was a Japanese woodblock artist and teacher during the Meiji period .

life and work

Toshikata began his training in color woodcut at the age of 14 with Tsukioka Yoshitoshi , from whom he received the first character of his first name. With Watanabe Shōtei ( 渡 辺 省 亭 ; 1852-1918) he studied classical "flowers and birds" painting. He created pictures in the late ukiyoe style of the Meiji period. In addition, he created, mediated by Tsukioka, small-format pictures ( 口 絵 , kuchi-e ) for newspapers and magazines such as Yamato-Shimbun "Bunshō Sekai". He also transcribed prints such as "Buried Tree" ( う も れ 木 , Umoreki ) by Hashiguchi Goyō into a small format that made them suitable for newspapers, Sashi-e (挿 絵 ) called.

During the Sino-Japanese War from 1894 to 1895, Toshikata created a series of triptychs depicting battle scenes. He became a member of the "Japanese Art Association" ( 日本 美術 協会 , Nihon bijutsu kyōkai ), in the "Association of Young Artists" (青年 絵 画 協会 ; His kaiga kyōkai ), was a jury member of the "Nihongakai" ( 日本 画 会 ) in 1898 , belonged to the same year among the supporters of the establishment of Nihon Bijutsuin .

Among his most famous pictures are "Satō Tadanobu comes to the court" ( 佐藤 忠信 参 館 図 , Satō Tadanobu Sankan-zu ) and "Kōtō no Naishi" ( 勾当 内侍 ) and a picture of the nobles Kōtō no Naishi from the time of the Northern and south courtyards in the 14th century. There are also genre pictures and pictures of beautiful women of him.

His students include Kaburagi Kiyokata , Hirano Hakuhō (1879–1957), Ikeda Shōen (1883–1921) and others. He died at the age of 43, presumably from overwork. He was buried in the Yanaka Cemetery .

Prints

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  Katō Kiyomasa , 1894

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  Satō Tadanobu

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  Win at Seonghwan

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  Tea ceremony

Remarks

1. ^ Allusion during the current Sino-Japanese War to the Kato era.
2. ↑ Satō Tadanobu was a samurai and companion of Minamoto no Yoritomo .
3. ↑ In the Sino-Japanese War.

literature

• Suzuki, Toshihiko (Ed.): Mizuno Toshikata. In: Nihon daihyakka zensho (Denshibukku-han), Shogakukan, 1996.

Web links

Commons : Mizuno Toshikata  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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