Fujishima Takeji

Fujishima Takeji (藤島 武二, October 15, 1867 – March 19, 1943) was a Japanese painter, noted for his work in developing Romanticism and impressionism within the yōga (Western-style) art movement in late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese painting. In his later years, he was influenced by the Art Nouveau movement.

Fujishima Takeji
Fujishima Takeji in France (1905-1910)
Born(1867-10-15)October 15, 1867
Kagoshima Satsuma Domain, Japan
DiedMarch 19, 1943(1943-03-19) (aged 75)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Known forPainting
MovementYōga
In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujishima.

Biography

Fujishima was born to an ex-samurai class household in Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, where his father had been a retainer of the Shimazu clan daimyō. After studying art at Kagoshima Middle School he left home in 1884 to pursue his studies in Tokyo, first with Kawabata Gyokusho, a Shijō school nihonga artist. However, Fujishima was attracted to the new western-style oil painting techniques, and switched to yōga-style painting, which he learned under Yamamoto Hōsui and Soyama Yukihiro. His graduation piece, “Cruelty” was exhibited at the 3rd Meiji Art Association Exhibition in 1891, where it was viewed by noted novelist and art critic Mori Ōgai.

Fujishima moved to Tsu in Mie Prefecture in 1893, where he was an assistant teacher at the Mie Prefectural Elementary School, but soon returned to Tokyo in 1896 under the sponsorship of Kuroda Seiki to become an assistant professor at the Tokyo Art School's Western Painting Department. He also joined Kuroda’s art coterie, the Hakubakai (White Horse Society).

Travelling to France in 1905, Fujishima studied the techniques of historical painting under Fernand Cormon at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and portraiture under Carolus-Duran at the French Academy in Rome in Italy. He returned to Japan in 1910 and became a professor at the Tokyo Art School and a member of the Imperial Art Academy. In 1937, he was one of the first recipients of the newly created Order of Culture of the Japanese government.

Fujishima died in 1943; his grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery, in Tokyo.

Sunrise over the Eastern Sea
Japanese: 東海旭光
ArtistFujishima Takeji
Year1932
TypeOil painting
Dimensions65.2 cm × 90.9 cm (25.7 in × 35.8 in)
LocationBridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo

Noted works
  • Butterfly (蝶, Chō), 1904, Private Collection, National Important Cultural Property
  • Black Fan (黒扇, Kuro ogi), 1909, Bridgestone Museum of Art[1]
  • Reminiscence of the Tempyo Era (天平の面影), 1902, Ishibashi Art Museum, National Important Cultural Property
  • Sunrise over the Eastern Sea, 1932

Notes
  1. Wada, Yuhei (January 21, 2011). "'Why is it Masterwork?'". The Japan Times. The Japan Times, Ltd. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
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References
  • Keene, Donald. Dawn to the West. Columbia University Press; (1998). ISBN 0-231-11435-4
  • Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art . Prentice Hall (2005). ISBN 0-13-117602-1
  • Sadao, Tsuneko. Discovering the Arts of Japan: A Historical Overview. Kodansha International (2003). ISBN 4-7700-2939-X
  • Schaarschmidt-Richter, Irmtraud. Japanese Modern Art Painting From 1910 . Edition Stemmle. ISBN 3-908161-85-1
  • Weisenfeld, Gennifer. MAVO: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931. University of California Press (2001). ISBN 0-520-22338-1

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