Artists Kawai Gyokudō Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Nihonga

Kawai Gyokudo (?? ??, November 24, 1873-June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the Nihongo school, active from Meiji through Showa period Japan. His real name was Kawai Yoshisaburo. Contents Biography Gyokudo was born in what is now Ichinomiya city, Aichi Prefecture, as the eldest son of a paper, ink and brush merchant. He went to Kyoto in 1887 to study under Kono Bairei of the Maruyama-Shijo school of painting. In 1896, he moved to Tokyo and he became the student of Hashimoto Gaho, of the Kano school. He also studied Western-style painting and developed a highly personal style, especially in the field of landscape painting. Gyokudo is noted for his polychrome and occasionally monochrome works depicting the mountains and rivers of Japan in the four seasons, with humans and animals shown as part of the natural landscape. Among his representative works are Futsuka zuki (“The New Moon”), Yuku haru (“The Departing Spring”), Mine-no-yu (“Evening at the Mountain Top”), and Bosetsu (“Snow in the Evening”). In 1898, Gyokudo joined with Okakura Tenshin and Yokoyama Taikan...

Born in Kyoto, Isoda Mataichirô studied painting at the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting. After graduating there he studied Japanese-style painting with Kikuchi Keigetsu. Though primarily a painter he also made a number of woodblock designs for Unsôdô in Kyoto. is a very beautiful work in which the cherry blossoms in full bloom are drawn by the master, Mataichiro Isoda . "Mataichiro Isoda" Japanese-style painter. Born in Kyoto. Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Department of Painting in 1914, and Kyoto City University of Arts in 1933 . Advance to the graduate school and complete. He studied under Keigetsu Kikuchi and was selected for the first time in the 8th Imperial Exhibition in 1945 with "Yin". Since then, he has been selected for the Imperial Exhibition, the Reorganized Imperial Exhibition, and the Nitten Exhibition almost every time. After the war, he was selected from the 3rd Nitten Exhibition in 1947, and "Chatei Liqiu" was selected at the 5th Exhibition in 1945. Since then, he will win an exhibition prize every time. 1956 Participated in the formation of Shirakosha by Uda Tekison, and exhibited at regular exhibitions until 1966 . Nitten party friend. During this time, he was a professor at Kacho Girls' High School from 28 to 1955. e specializes in flower and bird...

A Japanese mounted vertical hanging scroll painting by Mori Tetsuzan (Japanese, 1775-1841) circa 19th century Edo period. The watercolor and ink on silk ...

Japanese scroll painting of landscape painting depicted village along the riverside in the mountains with fisherman Ink and color on silk Overall size...