Tokuriki Tomikichirō

Tokuriki Tomikichirô ( Japanese 徳力富吉郎 , born 25 June 1902 in Nakagyō-ku of Kyoto , died 1. March 2000 ) was a Japanese painter of Nihonga direction during the Taisho and Showa period .

life and work

Tokuriki Tomikichirōs family is said to have been friends with the family of Irie Hakō ( 入 江 波光 ; 1887–1848) who worked as a painter for the temple Nishi Hongan-ji . Tokuriki graduated from the Kyōto School of Arts and Crafts in 1920 ( 京都 市立 美術 工 芸 学校 , Kyōto shiritsu bijutsu kōgei gakkō ) and continued to study at the “Kyōto School of Painting” ( 京都 市立 絵 画 専 専 門 学校 , Kyōto shiritsu kaiga sem gakkō ), which he finished in 1923. Already during his training in 1922 the picture “Flowers and Birds” ( 花鳥Kachō ) was accepted from him on the 4th “Teiten” . First he studied under Yamamoto Shunkyo ( 山 元 春 挙 , 1872–1933), then switched to Tsuchida Bakusen .

In 1927 Tokuriki was able to show the pictures “Puppen” ( 人形Ningyō ) and “Doll and Lemon” ( 人形 と レ モ ンNingyō to remon ) at the 6th exhibition of the artists' association “Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai” ( 国画 創作 協会 ) . For the latter he was awarded the prestigious Chogyū Prize. At the 7th exhibition in the following year, he showed the two-part screen “ Beginning of Winter ” ( 初冬Hatsu-fuyu ) and “Aubergines” ( 茄子Nasu ). For the "beginning of winter" he received the artists' association award. Tokuriki painted his dolls three-dimensionally in the "western", the Yōga style, but the "beginning of winter" in the "Japanese" Nihonga style with western depths. What both have in common is the true-to-nature of the drawing.

When the Kokuga sōsaku kyōkai dissolved in 1928, Tokuriki joined the newly founded Shinjukai ( 新 樹 会 ). He continued to paint in his style, but also began to produce woodblock prints. After Tsuchida's death in 1936, he only produced colored woodcuts, including the series “36 Views of Fuji” ( 富士 三 十六 景 Fuji sanjūroku kei ), “Beautiful Views of Japan” ( 日本 勝景 Nihon shōkei ), “12 Scenes in Kyōto” ( 洛 洛十二 題 Kyōraku jūni dai ), “ The ox and his shepherd ” under the title “Zen and ten ox pictures ” ( 禅 十 牛 図 Zen jūgyū-zu ).

Web links (images)

From the property of the National Museum of Modern Art Tōkyō :

• "Mibu kyōgen" ( 壬 生 狂言 ) 1933
• "Beginning of winter" (初冬) 1928
• "Nijō Castle" ( 二條 城 ) from the "Beautiful Views of Japan"

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, no longer state-owned, was briefly called Nitten for ( 日本 美術展 覧 会 Nihon bijutsu-in tenrankai ).
2. ↑ The Chogyū Prize ( 樗 牛 賞 ) is awarded in memory of the author and literary critic Takayama Chogyū .
3. ↑ "Mibu kyōgen" is a pantomime Kyōgen that is performed at the Mibu-dera Temple in Kyoto.

literature

• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (ed.): Tokuriki Tomikichirō . 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 . Thus Tokuriki is the family name, Tomikichirō the first name.