Sakakibara Shikō

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Sakakibara Shikō ( Japanese 榊 原 始 更 ; born April 4, 1895 in Kyoto ; died October 2, 1969 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction during the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Sakakibara Shikō was born as the 4th son of the artisan Sakakibara Rokō ( 榊 原 芦 江 ) in the Nakagyō-ku of Kyoto. He was a younger brother of the painter Sakakibara Shihō . In 1914 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 ) and continued studying at the "Technical School for Painting Kyōto" ( 京都 市立 絵 画 専 門 学校 , Kyōto shiritsu kaiga semmon gakkō ), from which he graduated in 1917. He continued his education there for another year and joined the newly founded artists' association "Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai" ( 国画 創作 協会 ). At the first exhibition in the same year he exhibited the painting “Landscape” ( 風景 ), but his painting “Weg” ( 路 ) at the third exhibition was not accepted. At the fifth exhibition he was able to show “hill” ( 丘 , Oka ), “garden” ( 庭 , Niwa ), “grove” ( 林 , Hayashi ) and “steep coast” ( 崖 , Gake ). This was followed by “ Smoked Fish ” ( 燻魚 , Kunguo ), “Study” ( 習作 , Shūsaka ), “ Sloping Hill” ( 拓 か れ ゆ く 丘 ) at the sixth exhibition and the image “Dark Garden” ( 幽 庭 , Yūen ) on the seventh. In 1926 Shikō became a member of the "Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai", which however two years later, in 1928, disbanded. He then founded the artist society "Shinjukai" ( 新 樹 会 ) with friends , which was dissolved again after the second exhibition. He remained active, now without belonging to an artist group.

Shikō was inspired in his work by the artist magazine Shirakaba , by Dürer's precise drawings and by Western painting in general. Oriented in this way during the Taishō period , he approached the decorative direction of an Ogata Kōrin in the Shōwa period . Overall, he remained loyal to the Nihonga direction, but in 1955 he also exhibited oil paintings at the "Dokuritsu bijutsu kyōkai" ( 独立 美術 協会 ) exhibition .

literature

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

Web links (images)

At the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art :

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Sakakibara is the family name, Shikō the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Sakakibara, Shikō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 榊 原始 更 (Japanese), Sakakibara Sutezō (actual name); 榊 原 捨 三 (actual name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH 2nd October 1969