Nishimura Isaku

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Nishimura: Waveform, 1916
Nishimura: Cosmos, 1916

Nishimura Isaku ( Japanese 西村 伊 作 ; born September 6, 1884 in Shingū ; died February 11, 1963 ) was a teacher, Japanese architect, painter, potter, poet and researcher on everyday culture during the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Isaku (d. I. Isaac ), a son of the Christian Ōishi Yohei ( 大石 余 平 ; 1854-1891) was adopted by the Nishimura family at the age of three. In 1904 he was an opponent of the Russo-Japanese War and developed into a socialist and pacifist. In 1912 he founded a kindergarten. He turned to painting in 1913. In 1916 he created abstract pictures, and he also dealt with pottery.

In 1921 Nishimura founded the private school "Kultur-Akademie" ( 文化 学院 , Bunka gakuin ) in Tokyo with the help of Yosano Akiko , Yosano Tekkan , Ishii Hakutei and Kawasaki Natsu , and opened the Nishimura architects' office. The school was expanded in reinforced concrete in 1938 according to its own design. In 1943 Nishimura was suspected of lese majesty and arrested. The school was closed.

In 1945 Nishimura was released without trial and in 1946 the school was able to resume operations. From 1951 Nishimura dealt again with ceramics, in 1960 he published an autobiography with the title "Wealth came to me".

Remarks

  1. ↑ Kawasaki Natsu ( 河 崎 な つ ; 1889–1966) was a teacher and women's rights activist.
  2. ↑ After an interruption from 1943 to 1946, the facility was re-established as a vocational school under the same name.

Fonts

  • Nishimura Isaki: Waga ni eki ari ( 我 に 益 あ り , “I got rich”), autobiography. Kidensha, 1960.
  • Bunka gakuin shiryoshitsu henshu iinkai (ed.): Nishimura Isaku to Yosano Akiko -tachi: Jiyu to gejitsu no Kyōiku o motomete ( 西村伊作と与謝野晶子たち自由と芸術の教育を求めて, "Nishimura Isaku and everyone around Yosano Akiko: Striving for an education for freedom and art ”), Bunka gakuin shiryoshitsu, 1980.

literature

  • Irmtraud Schaarschmidt-Richter (Ed.): Nishimura Isaku . In: The other modern. Japanese painting from 1910 to 1970 . Edition Stemmle, 1999, ISBN 3-908161-85-1 .

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Nishimura is the family name, Isaku the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Nishimura, Isaku
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 西村 伊 作 (Japanese); Ōishi Isaku (maiden name); 大石 伊 作 (maiden name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Shingu
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1963