Nukina Kaioku

Nukina Kaioku

Nukina Kaioku ( Japanese 貫 ​​名 海 屋 , actually Yoshii Shigeru ( 吉 井 苞 ), also Kaisen ( 海 仙 ), from the age of 60: Kaisō ( 海 叟 ), Sankandō ( 三 緘 堂 ), Shūō ( 菘 翁 ), Shuseidō ( 須 静 堂 ), Shūsō ( 菘 叟 ), from 70: Sūō ( 菘 翁 ), Tekishūō ( 摘 菘 翁 ); born March 1778 in Tokushima ; died June 21, 1863 , Kyoto Prefecture ) was in the late Edo period Japanese Confucianist, calligrapher and nanga style painter . He is one of the three great calligraphers of the late Tokugawa period.

life and work

Kaioku was the second son of a vassal of the Hachisuka in Awa Province , today's Tokushima Prefecture . He began studying calligraphy and painting at the Kanō School in Tokushima with Yano Norihiro (? –1799), and studied Buddhism on the Kōya-san . He traveled to Nagasaki and studied painting in the literary style there under Hidaka Tetsuō ( 日 高 鉄 翁 ; 1791–1877), the 14th abbot of the temple Shuntoku-ji ( 春 徳 寺 ). Kaioku then went to Edo and was taught by Nakai Chikuzan (1730-1804) in Confucianism . In addition, he dealt with the Chinese painting of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty and was influenced by artists such as Dong Qichang . Finally, Kaioku settled in Kyoto and taught Confucianism, but was also creative in calligraphy and painting.

Kaioku's pictures show elegance and are kept simple at the same time. One of his best-known works is entitled "Tempel Eigen im Herbst" ( 永 源 寺 秋景 図 , Eigenji shūkei to ); it is privately owned. Following the text on the edge of the picture, Kaioku painted the picture from the memory of a visit to the temple in Ōmi province 26 years ago , which is known for its autumn leaves.

photos

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  Plants of the four seasons

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  Landscape on Lake Biwa.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kaioku, Portrait of Taniguchi Eizan ( 谷口 藹 山 ; 1816–1899)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} 貫 ​​名 海 屋 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 5, 2017 (Japanese). 

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Nukina Kaioku  - 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 . So Nukina is the family name, Kaioku the first name.