Shinsui Itō
Itō Shinsui | |
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Shin hanga | |
Children | Yukiji Asaoka |
Awards | Living National Treasure Order of the Rising Sun |
Shinsui Itō (
Biography
Itō was born in the
In 1911, Itō was accepted as an apprentice under
In 1912, his works were first shown by the Tatsumi gakai ("Southeast Painting Society") and later works were displayed by the Kyodokai ("Homeland Society"), the Nihon bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute), and in the government sponsored
As with most artists of the
Itō's first major print, "Before the Mirror", depicts a young woman wearing a deep red kimono under-robe, looking off into an unseen mirror. Instead of using the harsh aniline red common in other contemporary prints, Itō used a natural vegetable dye, overprinting the robe several times to achieve a rich crimson color. Special care was also taken for the speckled gray texture background, making a contrast with the red garment, black hair, and white skin.
Itō's early landscape series, Eight Views of Lake Biwa inspired Kawase Hasui. His early bijin-ga are generally considered his finest works, including Twelve Figures of New Beauties (1922–1923).[1]
Itō established his own independent studio in 1927. Although many of his early works were direct reflections of traditional ukiyo-e both in subject matter and in style, his technique was revolutionary. Ito would paint a "master painting" in watercolors, and dedicated craftsmen would make the actual prints from this "master copy". Itō was thus a pioneer in the shin-hanga movement. Watanabe and Itō continued their business cooperation into the 1960s, and Watanabe exported thousands of Shinsui prints, generating great success for them both.
During the
In the post-war period Itō came to be regarded as one of the best known and respected personalities in Japanese society, and received several important honors during his lifetime. In 1952 the "Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties" (Bunkazai Hōgō Iinkai) declared his woodblock designing talent to be of "intangible cultural properties" (mukei bunkazai) which was then the equivalent of being declared a Living National Treasure. In 1958, he became a member of the Japan Art Academy. In 1970, he received the Order of the Rising Sun.
One of Itō's works, Yubi, ("Finger") was the subject of the 1974 Philatelic Week
Itō's daughter,
Major works
- Eight Views of Lake Biwa – 1917–1918
- Twelve Figures of New Beauties – 1922–1923
- Collection of Modern Beauties – 1929–1931
- Twelve Views of Ōshima – 1937–1938
- Three Views of Mount Fuji – 1938–1939
- Ten Views of Shinano – 1948
- Incense Party (聞香, Monkō) - 1950[2]
His works are held in several museums worldwide, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Art,[3] the Toledo Museum of Art,[1] the Hiroshima Museum of Art,[4] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[5] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[6] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[7] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[8] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[9] the Hood Museum of Art,[10] the Columbus Museum of Art,[11] the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama,[12] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[13] the Brooklyn Museum,[14] the Harvard Art Museums,[15] and the British Museum.[16]
References
- ^ a b "Young Girl from "Twelve Figures of Modern Beauties"". emuseum.toledomuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "文化遺産データベース".
- ^ "伊東深水 雪もよひ 画轴 絹本著色 (Primary Title) - (2016.13)". Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "ITO Shinsui - [Hiroshima Museum of Art]". Hiroshima Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "After the Bath - Ito Shinsui". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Chiaki Ajioka | Japanese Modernism & Itō Shinsui: Paintings & Prints –– Minneapolis Institute of Art". new.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "The Marumage Hairstyle". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Exchange: Untitled". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Eight Views of Ōmi: Mount Hira 近江八景の内比良 (Ōmi hakkei no uchi Hira)". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Footwarmer (Kotatsu), from The Second Series of Modern Beauties (Gendai bijinshu dai-nishu)". Hood Museum. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Embark Collection". Columbus Museum of Art. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Work / Material Details : The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura&Hayama". www.moma.pref.kanagawa.jp. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Passing Rain | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Harvard. "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Hair (Kami)". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "print | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. (1995). Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, 1900-1975. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824812867; OCLC 247995392
External links
- Media related to Ito Shinsui at Wikimedia Commons
- Ito Shinsui Information, print gallery,...
- Ito Shinsui's works at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Brief biography of Ito Shinsui - Jyuluck-Do Corporation
- Artworks and history of Ito Shinsui