Nonagase Banka

Nonagase Banka, 1914

"Women from the Island", 1916

Nonagase Banka ( Japanese 野 長 瀬 晩 花 , born August 17, 1889 in Chikano, Nishimuro County (Wakayama Prefecture); died March 31, 1964 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction during the Taishō and Shōwa periods.

life and work

Nonagase Banka was born in Wakayama Prefecture in Chikano, which is now part of Tanabe City . His real first name was Hiroo ( 弘 男 ). He went to Osaka to study painting under Nakagawa Rogetsu (1859-1924), a representative of the Maruyama School . He then went to Kyoto to train under the grand master of history painting, Taniguchi Kōkyō (1864-1915). In Kyoto he also exhibited pictures, befriended the painters Hada Teruo (1887–1945), Takehisa Yumeji and others. In doing so, he moved away from the Nihonga direction and took on influences from modern painting.

Banka then studied at the forerunner institution of today's University of the Arts, Kyōto ( 京都 市立 芸 術 大学 , Kyōto shirutsu geijutsu daigaku ) and graduated with Tsuchida Bakusen , Murakami Kagaku and others. In 1918 he was involved in the founding of the “National Society for Creative Painting” ( 国画 創作 協会 , Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai ). In 1921 he undertook a trip to Europe with Bakusen and other members of society, during which he was influenced by post-impressionism and generally by western painting.

After the dissolution of the National Society for Creative Painting, Banka stopped exhibiting, illustrated books and designed book covers. He brought back sketches from a trip to China, which were published in 1936 under the title “Painting on the border of North Manchuria” ( 北 満 国境線 を 画 ).

In 1948 Banka founded the Hakuen Society ( 白 淡 社 ) in Nagano Prefecture , in which he brought together painters and poets from the area. In addition, he continued his painting activity.

Banka's works are on display within Wakayama Prefecture in the Prefecture Museum ( 和 歌 山 県 立 近代 美術館 , Wakayama kenritsu bijutsukan ), which hosted a commemorative exhibition on the 50th anniversary of his death in 2014, in the Tanabe City Museum ( 田 辺 市立 美術館 , Tanabe shiritsu bijutsukan ) and inō 熊 野 古道 ) kept.

photos

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  "Girl in Hifu (Coat)", 1911

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  People who go to war, 1916

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  “Spanish Girls”, 1924

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  "Women bringing water", 1925

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  "In the Onsen ", 1937

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  Returning fishermen, preliminary drawing

Remarks

1. ↑ An illustration by Banka for a book in the series “Journeys of the Season” by Yoshida Dansuke.

literature

• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (ed.): Nonagase Banka . In: Kyoto no Nihonga 1910–1930. Kyoto 1986, ISBN 4-87642-117-X .

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