Nakabayashi Chikutō

Landscape with waterfalls

Nakabayashi Chikutō , also read Chikudō ( Japanese 中 林 竹 洞 , real first name Nariaki ( 成 昌 ), other artist names: Chūtan ( 沖 澹 ), Taigen'an ( 太原 庵 ), Tōzan Inshi ( 東山 隠 士 ); born 1776 , in Nagoya ; died April 27, 1853 ) was a Japanese painter in the Nanga style of the late Edo period .

life and work

Nakabayashi Chikutō was the son of a doctor in Nagoya who showed an early interest in painting. When he was about 14 years old, Kamiya Ten'yū took over his initial painting training , as with Yamamoto Baiitsu . Chikutō's first work included copies of old paintings. He was impressed by the ink paintings of Li Qing from the Yuan period , especially with regard to the depiction of bamboo. Ni Zan's painting technique also interested him. At the age of twenty, Chikutō opened his own studio in a small temple and lived and worked there very comfortably.

Interested in classical literature, Chikutō moved to Kyoto with Baiitsu in 1803 and became a member of a literary circle around the philosopher Rai San'yo ( 頼 山陽 ; 1780-1832) and the Nanga painter Uragami Shunkin ( 浦 上 春 琴 ; 1779-1846). He trained further under Yamada Kujō and worked with Uragami Shunkin. - Chikutō published an illustrated book ( 画 道 金剛 杵 , Gadō kongōsho ) and dealt with the basics of painting. He wrote important works on this topic, such as "Chikutō: Theory of Painting" ( 竹 洞 画 論 , Chikutō garon ; 1800) and "Chikutō: Theory of image design" ( 竹 洞 画稿 , Chikutō gakyō ; 1815).

Chikutō's son Chikkei ( 竹 渓 ) received his first education from his father, in addition from Yamamoto Baiitsu. Then he developed his own style, in which the painting also included that of the Northern School of the Song era .

From the picture collection Yūsai gafu

This picture collection Yūsai gafu ( 融 齋 畫譜 ) to Chikutō was published by his students.

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Remarks

1. ↑ Kamiya Ten'yū ( 神 谷 天 遊 ) was a wealthy pawnbroker, later a manufacturer of miso and soy sauce , and an amateur painter. He dealt with antiques and owned a large collection of paintings and calligraphies.

literature

• Tazawa, Yutaka: Nakabayashi Chikutō . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Chikutō . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

Commons : Nakabayashi Chikutō  - 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 Nakabayashi is the family name, Chikutō the first name.