Oda Kazuma

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Dotombori (Osaka), 1916

Oda Kazuma ( Japanese 織田 一 磨 ; born November 11, 1882 in Tokyo ; died March 8, 1956 ) was a Japanese painter.

life and work

In 1898 the whole family went to Osaka, where Kazuma's older brother ran a lithography workshop. So Kazuma learned this technique from his brother and from Kaneko Masajirō. In 1899 he received a first prize at an exhibition in Kyoto ( 京都 新 古 美術品 店 , Kyōto shi-ko bijutsuhin-ten ) with the print " Viewing Cherry Blossom" ( 観 桜 , Kan'ō ). In 1903 he went to Tokyo and studied printing techniques in various workshops. At the exhibition of Tomoe-kai ( 巴 会 ) in 1905 and the 1st  Bunter in 1907 he showed watercolors. In 1908 he became a member of the literary-artistic magazine Hōsun ( 方寸 ) and now turned to the creative woodcut. At the same time he took part in the gatherings of young writers and artists who met as Pan-no-kai . In the end, he decided entirely on the lithograph he had produced himself.

From 1916 to 1919 he created the series “Views of Tokyo” ( 東京 風景 , Tōkyō fūkei ) and “Views of Ōsaka” ( 大阪 風景 , Ōsaka fūkei ). In 1918 he participated in the establishment of the "Japanese Society for Creative Printing" ( 日本 創作 版画 協会 , Nihon sōsaku hanga kyōkai ), and in 1924 he participated in the formation of the "Society for Western Woodcut" ( 洋 風 版画 会 , Yōfū hanga-kai ).

After the Second World War , he became a member of the jury for the Nitten exhibition and exhibited there from 1951 to 1955.

As a lithographer he occupies a special position among the artists of the art print.

photos

  • Ueno Hirokoji, 1916

  • Inokashira Pond, 1919

  • Mausoleum in Shiba, 1930

  • Tsumura-betsuin (Osaka), 1918

  • Kyomachi Horikawa (Osaka), 1919

Remarks

  1. ↑ Bunten ( 文 展 ) is the abbreviation for the annual art exhibition Mombu-shō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ) organized by the Ministry of Culture , which was continued as Nitten (now with Nihon instead of Mombushō ) after the Second World War .
  2. ↑ More precisely, Hongan-ji Tsumura-betsuin ( 本 願 寺 津 村 別 院 ) is a temple on the grounds of Hongan-ji in Osaka. It is also called Kita-midō ( 北 御堂 ).

literature

  • National Museum of Modern Art (ed.): Kindai Nihon no bijutsu. 1984.
personal data
SURNAME Oda, Kazuma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 織田 一 磨 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1956