Yasuda Yukihiko

Yasuda Yukihiko

Yasuda Yukihiko ( Japanese 安 田 靫 彦 ; real first name Shinsaburō ( 新 三郎 ); born February 16, 1884 in Tōkyō ; died April 29, 1978 ) was a Japanese painter of the Nihonga direction.

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Yasuda Yukihiko began studying painting in 1898 under Kobori Tomoro ( 小 堀 鞆 音 ; 1864–1931). In the same year he founded the Shikō-kai ( 紫紅 会 ) association with painting friends . When Imamura Shikō joined in 1900 , the name of the association had to be changed because of his first name. From then on it was called Kōji-kai ( 紅 児 会 ). The members wanted to break away from what they had learned and were looking for a modern form of Nihonga.

From 1901 Yasuda attended the Tōkyō Art School ( 東京 美術 学校 , Tōkyō bijutsu gakkō ; predecessor of the Tokyo University of the Arts ), but left it after half a year. In 1907 he was able to show a picture of a sumo wrestler, who has just been declared the winner of the fight, at the exhibition for economic development in Tōkyō ( 東京 勧 業 博 覧 会 , Tōkyō kangyō hakurankai ) and received the 2nd prize for it.

In 1907 Yasuda participated in the first exhibition of the Ministry of Culture, called "Bunten". He was awarded a 3rd prize for his picture "Hōkō" ( 豊 公 ), a fictional portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . At the 6th Bunter in 1912 he showed the picture Yumedono ( 夢 殿 ), which depicts the meditating Prince Shōtoku amidst companions.

In 1913 the Kōji-kai dissolved by mutual agreement. Yasuda and Imamura joined the resurrected Nihon Bijutsuin and exhibited at his annual exhibitions, called Inten ( 院 展 ) for short . Among them was the painting “Prayer at Birth” ( 御 産 の 祷 ; O-san no inori ) from 1914 in the style of the Yamato-e .

Yasuda's main focus remained history painting. But he also created images of nature that were kept simple. In 1934 he became an art advisor to the Imperial Household ( 帝室 技 芸 員 ; Teishitsu gikei-in ) and the following year a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts ( 帝国 美術 院 , Teikoku bijutsu-in ). From 1944 to 1948 he taught at the Tōkyō Art School. In 1948 he received the Japanese Order of Culture and was honored in 1951 as a person with special cultural merits . In 1958 he became president of the Academy of Arts , the successor to the imperial academy. Yasuda died in Ōiso , Kanagawa Prefecture .

Other well-known works are

• "Camp at Kisegawa" ( 黄 瀬 川 の 陣 ), 1941/42, a pair of display screens . The quarreling brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Yoshitsune are shown .
• “Princess Wang Zhaojun ” ( 王昭君 ), 1947.
• “View out of the window” ( 窓 , mado ), 1951.
• " Mount Fuji at Dawn" ( 黎明 富士 ; Reimei Fuji ), 1962.
• "Princess Nukada, Spring in Asuka " ( 飛鳥 の 春 の 額 田 王 ; Asuka no haru no Nukada ōkimi ), 1964.
• “Oda Nobunaga before the Battle of Okehazama ”, 1970.
• “In the Fushimi Tea House” ( 伏 見 の 茶亭 , Fushimi no chatei ), 1970, shows the magnificently dressed Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the host of a tea ceremony.
• "Queen Himiko " ( 卑 弥 呼 ), 1968:

Notes and Notes

1. ↑ The picture is titled "Hote" ( 最 手 ). This used to be the name of the strongest wrestlers in sumo. Today corresponds to that of the yokozuna .
2. ↑ At that time painting was still seen as a craft.
3. ↑ Bunt ( 文 展 ) is the abbreviation of Mombushō bijutsu tenrankai ( 文部省 美術展 覧 会 ).
4. ↑ This means "Prince Hō", where Hō is the Sino-Japanese reading of the character Toyo, the first part of the name of the Toyotomi represented.
5. ↑ Yumedono, the "Hall of Dreams" is the octagonal building created by Shōtoku in the eastern part of the Hōryū-ji in Nara Prefecture .
6. ↑ Since the imperial cultural order is not allowed to be associated with money allocations, in 1951 the distinction "person with special cultural merits" was introduced on a normal household basis; it is associated with an honorary salary. As a rule, this minor distinction is awarded first, then - not in every case - the cultural medal. Those who were awarded the Cultural Order before 1951 received the distinction of “person with special cultural merits” and the honorary salary retrospectively.

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Also appeared as a postage stamp for the Japanese Post.

literature

• Suzuki, Toshihiko (Ed.): Yasuda Yukihiko . In: Nihon daihyakka zensho (Denshibukku-han), Shogakukan, 1996.
• S. Noma (Ed.): Yasuda Yukihiko . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1741.
• Iwanami Shoten (Ed.): Yasuda Yukihiko . In: Kōjien, 3rd edition, Iwanami, 1986.
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Yasuda Yukihiko. In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yasuda is the family name, Yukihiko the first name.