Teshigahara Sofu
Teshigahara Sōfū ( Japanese 勅使 河 原 蒼 風 ; * December 17, 1900 in Tokyo Prefecture , Japan ; † September 5, 1979 in Japan) was a Japanese painter and Ikebana teacher.
Life
Born in the year 33 of the Meiji period as the son of the ikebana artist Teshigahara Wafu, Teshigahara founded his own ikebana school Sōgetsu-ryū ( 草 月 流 , Sogetsu School of Ikebana ) in 1927 . Teshigahara's teaching approach was that, after having learned all the techniques, an ikebana artist can both give space to his personal feelings when designing the ikebana arrangement and incorporate "other" material in addition to the use of plant material.
In 1952 Teshigahara was a member of the jury at the International Flower Show in New York City . In 1954 he took part in the flower exhibition on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of São Paulo in Brazil . In 1958 he founded the Sogetsu Art School .
Teshigahara Sōfū is the father of the Japanese film director Teshigahara Hiroshi, who died in 2001 . Sōfū died in 54 of the Shōwa period .
Honourings and prices
- 1960: Olive crown from the Institute for Aesthetics , Turin
- 1960: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , France
- 1961: Légion d'Honneur , France
- 1962: Geijutsu Senshō , Japan
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1930: In Josui Kakan , Tokyo using scrap materials
- 1949: In the Mitsukoshi department store on Ginza in Tokyo
- 1955: In the Bagatelle , Paris
- 1957: Triennale di Milano
- 1960: Solo exhibition at Palazzo Grassi , Venice
- 1961/1962: Group exhibition of contemporary Japanese painting , Academy of the Arts , Berlin; later (1962) in the Folkwang Museum , Essen and the Städel , Frankfurt am Main
Publications
- 1937: Ikebana tokuhon , Japanese with illustrations, Tōkyŏ.
- 1963: Sōgetsuryū
literature
- Will Grohmann : Contemporary Japanese Painting , Academy of the Arts, Berlin 1961
- The Art of Sofu - L'art de Sofu - The Art of Sofu: Sōfu Teshigahara , Shofunotomo, Tokyo 1972; 2 volumes in a slipcase: 1. Ikebana and 2. Calligraphy and Sculpture.
Web links
- Ikebana School website (Japanese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sofu Teshigahara. In: Ikebana Sogetsu. Retrieved September 28, 2011 .
- ↑ 芸 術 選 奨 . (No longer available online.) Bunka-chō, p. 81 , archived from the original on August 19, 2012 ; Retrieved September 28, 2011 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teshigahara, Sofu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 勅使 河 原 蒼 風 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese painter and ikebana teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo Prefecture , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1979 |
| Place of death | Japan |