Okamoto Shinso

Okamoto Shinsō ( Japanese 岡本神 草 , born November 10, 1894 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture , died February 13, 1933 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction during the Taishō and beginning Shōwa period .

life and work

makeup

Study of three maiko playing Ken

Okamoto Shinō was born as Okamoto Toshirō ( 岡本 敏 郎 ) in Kobe. First he called himself Seison ( 静 村 ), from 1918 then Shinsō. In 1915 he graduated from the "School of Arts and Crafts Kyōto" ( 京都 市立 美術 工 芸 学校 , Kyōto shiritsu bijutsu kōgei gakkō ), then continued to study at the "Technical School for Painting Kyōto" ( 京都 市立 絵 画 画 専 門 学校 , Kyoto shiritsu kaiga semmon gakkō ), which he graduated in 1918. At the 1st exhibition of the artists' association "Kokokuga seisaku kyōkai" ( 国画 制作 協会 ) in the same year he was able to show his thesis at the technical school with the title "Make-up" ( 口紅 , Kuchibeni ). Attention was paid to the depicted sensuality of makeup. At the 3rd Kokuga exhibition in 1920, his painting “Study of three Maiko playing Ken” ( 挙 を 打 て る 三人 の 舞 妓 の 習作 , Ken o uteru sannin no maiko no shūsaku ) was not accepted, and he no longer exhibited there. In the following year he was able to show the finished picture on the 3rd "Teiten".

In 1922, Okamoto joined the artist association Kyūmei-kai ( 九名 Künst ) of the painter Fukumura Yōundō ( 福村 祥雲 堂 ) and increasingly developed his own style. So he was able to show the picture ( 美人 遊戯 , Bjin yūgi ) on the 9th part in 1927 and the picture ( 婦人 遊戯 , Fujin yūgi ) on the 13th in 1931 , which solidified his position as a painter of the Maiko, but his early death ended that further development.

Remarks

1. ↑ Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition ( 帝国 美術展 覧 会 , Teikoku bijutsu-in tenrankai ) between 1919 and 1935. The predecessor from 1907 to 1918 was called Bunten ( 文 展 ) for Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ), the successor from 1936 to 1944 was preceded by a shin ( 新 ) for “new”. The successor from 1946, now no longer state-owned, was called Nitten for ( 日本 美術展 覧 会 , Nihon bijutsu-in tenrankai ).

literature

• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (ed.): Okamoto Shinsō . In: Kyōto no Nihonga 1910–1930. National Museum of Modern Art, 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 . So Okamoto is the family name, Shinsō the first name.