Uda Tekison

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Uda Tekison ( Japanese 宇田 荻 邨 ; born June 30, 1896 in Matsusaka ( Mie Prefecture ); died January 28, 1980 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction during the Taishō period and the Shōwa period .

life and work

Uda Tekison, born in Matsusaka, went to Kyōto in 1913, where he was a student of Kikuchi Hōbun (菊池 芳 文; 1862-1918). In 1917 he graduated from the Municipal Art School (京都 市立 絵 画 専 門 学校, Kyōto shiritsu kaiga semmon gakkō), together with Tokuoka Shinsen , among others . When Hōbun died the following year, Kikuchi Keigetsu , his adopted successor, took him on for further training.

Uda won an award at the first Teiten exhibition for his gloomy picture of the Ichiriki Friends' House "夜 の 一力" (Yoru no Ichiriki) and continued to present his lyrical ones there - then on the Shin-Bunter and after 1945 on the Nitten Kyoto-related topics. - In 1931 he was seen at the "Exhibition of Japanese Painting" in Berlin.

In 1926 his picture "淀 の 水車" (Yodo no suisha, water wheel on the Yodo River), now owned by Ōkura Shūkokan , won a major award on the 7th grade and in the same year received an award from the Imperial Academy of Arts. In 1929 he returned to his alma mater as a lecturer and became a professor there in 1936. In this position he worked at his school, which was upgraded to university (京都 市立 美術 大学, Kyōto shiritsu bijutsu daigaku) ​​in 1950 until his retirement in 1954.

In 1958, Uda and his studio "Hakushin-sha" (白 甲 社), founded in 1956, produced painted sliding doors (襖 絵, Fusuma-e) for the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, and in 1961 he became a member of the Academy of Arts . Another important work of Uda is "加 茂 川 の 夕 立" (Kamogawa no yūdachi: evening rain shower over the Kamo River).

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c 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, a shin (新) for “new” was placed in front of it. After 1945 it was renamed Nihon bijutsu tenrankai (日本 美術展 覧 会), or Nitten for short, no longer state-owned .

literature

  • National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (ed.): Uda Tekison. In: Kyōto no Nihonga 1910–1930. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1986. ISBN 4-87642-117-X .
  • Tazawa, Yutaka: Uda Tekison . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
  • Laurance P. Roberts: Tekison . 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 . So Uda is the family name, Tekison the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Uda, Tekison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 宇田 荻 邨 (Japanese); Uda Zenjirō (real name); 宇田 善 次郎 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Matsusaka ( Mie Prefecture )
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1980