Tanaka Raishō
Tanaka Raishō | |
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田中頼璋 | |
 Tanaka painting in his studio, 1900 | |
| Born | Tanaka Daijiro (田中大治郎) 10 August 1868 Hamada, Shimane, Japan |
| Died | 16 February 1940 (aged 71) Hiroshima, Japan |
Tanaka Raishō (Japanese: 田中頼璋, 10 August 1868 – 16 February 1940) was a Japanese painter of the nihonga school. He participated in numerous exhibitions, winning first prize at the 1916 and 1917 Japan Fine Arts Exhibitions.
Biography
[edit]Tanaka was born Tanaka Daijiro (田中大治郎) on 10 August 1868 in Hamada, Shimane.[1] As a teenager, he travelled to the town of Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture,[2] where he studied under Mori Kansai.[3] In 1899[1] or 1902, Tanaka moved to Tokyo,[4] where he learned from Kawabata Gyokushō.[3] He signed most of his works Raishō, but also used the art names Toyofumi (豊文) and Yoriaki (頼章).[1]
By the 1900s, Tanaka was presenting his works at exhibitions. He participated in several shows sponsored by the Japan Art Association.[2] In 1907, he won third-place at the Tokyo Industrial Exhibition.[4] Tanaka exhibited works at the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition beginning in 1908, winning several prizes[3] – including third place in his inaugural show with Narutaki,[2] as well as first place in 1916 and 1917[4] In 1910, Tanaka's Wintry Landscape was exhibited at the Japan–British Exhibition in London.[5] When the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition was taken over by the Imperial Academy of Arts (now the Japan Art Academy), Tanaka was a nominated artist. He later became a judge with the exhibition,[3] as well as a committee member.[4]
In the 1900s, Tanaka took numerous students. One of these was Gao Qifeng, a Guangdong-born Chinese artist who had travelled to Japan with his brother Jianfu.[6] Another Chinese student was He Xiangning, who studied under Tanaka from 1908.[7] After the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Tanaka moved to Hiroshima. He died there on 16 February 1940,[1] having suffered from nephritis.[2] He was survived by his daughter, Michiko, who had travelled to Germany in 1930 to become an actress and musician.[8]
One of Tanaka's grandchildren, Tanaka Kinnosuke, worked with the artist Okahara Taika to produce a book presenting Tanaka's oeuvre; it was published in 2009.[9] Tanaka was recognized for his landscape paintings. Since his death, he has received little attention; Okahara attributes this to his failure to innovate.[9] He worked primarily in the nihonga style, drawing on traditional Japanese painting while modernizing it with foreign elements.[10]
Gallery
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Three Monkeys on Bank Near Waterfall (1907) -
Mountain Moon in Four Seasons - Autumn (1916) -
Deep Ravine Waterfall (undated)
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kotobank.
- ^ a b c d National Institute for Cultural Heritage.
- ^ a b c d Roberts 1976, p. 173.
- ^ a b c d Christie's 2022, p. 37.
- ^ Shimbi Shoin 1910, p. 3.
- ^ Chu 1981, p. 7.
- ^ Eriko 2017.
- ^ Sekikawa n.d.
- ^ a b Fujimura 2009.
- ^ Sullivan 1996, p. 54.
Works cited
[edit]- An Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Modern Fine Arts Displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, London 1910. Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin. 1910.
- Chu, Christina (1981). "The Art of Gao Qifeng: An Investigation of Historical Background and Stylistic Development". The Art of Gao Qifeng. Urban Council Hong Kong. pp. 6–12. ISBN 978-962-215-040-9.
- Eriko, Tomizawa-Kay (2017). 何香凝对日本画的吸收与再发展 [Passing Through Japan: The Reform of Painting by Chinese Artists Studying in Japan, 1905-1937: He Xiangning's (1878–1972) Perception of Nihonga]. Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
- Fujimura Junpei (藤村潤平) (23 June 2009). 原爆で散逸の画業一冊に 広島でも活動 田中頼璋 [One Volume of Artwork Lost to the Atomic Vomb: Yoriko Tanaka, Active in Hiroshima]. Chugoku Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- Japanese and Korean Art Including the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg – Christie's 22 March 2022. New York: Christie's. 2022.
- Roberts, Laurence (1976). A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer. Tokyo and New York: Weatherhill.
- Sekikawa Fujiko (関川富士子) (n.d.). 田中路子――デコ伯母さんの思い出 [Michiko Tanaka – Memories of Aunt Deco] (in Japanese). Japanese–German Center Berlin. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- Sullivan, Michael (1996). Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07556-6.
- 田中頼璋 [Tanaka Raishō] (in Japanese). National Institute for Cultural Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- 田中頼璋 [Tanaka Raishō]. Kotobank (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2024.