Tsuji Kako

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Bright moonlit night, 1912

Tsuji Kakō ( Japanese 都 路 華 香 , actual name Tsuji Unosuke (辻 宇 之 介); born February 12, 1871 in Kyōto ; died August 4, 1931 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction during the Meiji , Taishō and early Shōwa period .

life and work

Tsuji Kakō studied from 1880 painting under Kōno Bairei in the style of the Maruyama Shijō school . Together with Takeuchi Seihō , Kikuchi Hōbun and Taniguchi Kōkyō he was one of the "four great students". He exhibited occasionally at the exhibitions of "Kyōto Seinen Kaiga Kyōshin-kai" (京都 青年 絵 画 共進 会), "Naikoku Kangyō Hakuran-kai" (内 国 勧 業 博 覧 会), "Shin Kobjijutsuhin-ten" (新 古 美術品 展) , "Nihon Bijutsu Kyōkai-ten" (日本 美術 協会 展) and on other occasions and occasionally received awards.

Tsuji then also won several prizes at the state series of colorful exhibitions.

Tsuji acted as a juror at the state Teiten Exhibition and at a number of exhibitions in Kyoto. From 1924 he taught at the "Municipal School for Arts and Crafts" (京都 市立 武術 工 芸 学校, Kyōto shiritsu bijutsu kōgei gakkō) in Kyoto. In 1925 he became a member of the Academy of Arts and in 1926 he became director of the municipal school for arts and crafts.

As early as 1899, Tsuji had visited the Zen priest Shimaji (島 地 黙 雷; 1838–1911) at Kennin-ji in order to be taught Zen. - Tsuji came out with pictures of flowers and birds (花鳥画; Kachō-ga), but also with landscape pictures and figurative representations. He was one of the founders of the Kyoto direction of Nihonga painting.

photos

  • Triptych on the left, 1902

  • Triptych middle, 1902

  • Triptych on the right, 1902

  • Autumn trees, 1914

  • " Haniwa " left, 1916

  • " Haniwa " on the right, 1916

  • Daruma , 1917

  • Himeji Castle , 1919

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Bunten is the abbreviation for the annual state art exhibition (文 展) for Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ) from 1907 to 1918, Teiten ( 帝 展 ) is the abbreviation for follow-up facility (帝国美術展 覧 会 , Teikoku bijutsu- in tenrankai ) between 1919 and 1935. (The successor from 1946, 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.): Tsuji Kakō. In: Kyōto no Nihonga 1910–1930. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1986. ISBN 4-87642-117-X .
  • Laurance P. Roberts: Tsuji Kakō . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Tsuji is the family name, Kakō the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Tsuji, Kako
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 都 路 華 香 (Japanese); Tsuji Unosuke (real name); 辻 宇 之 介 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1931