Kanpū Ōmata

Kanpū Ōmata

Kanpū Ōmata (大亦 観風, Ōmata Kanpū^?, 9 September 1894 - 22 October 1947) was the pseudonym of a painter in the Showa period. He is also known as a Waka poet. His real name was Omata Shinjirō.

Career

Kanpū (1894 - 22 October 1947) was born in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture. He grew up and studied western style oil painting in this city. He went to Tokyo in 1913, and studied at the Taiheiyōgakai Kenkyūjo and the Japan Fine Arts Academy (Nihon Bijutsu-in). In 1918, he lost his father, and returned to Tokyo Meguro with younger sister.

In the early Showa period, he converted to Japanese-style painting, and studied under Terasaki Kogyo. After Terasaki died he studied Nanga南画 under Komuro Suiun小室翠雲. He joined the waka poetry coterie "Aogaki" in 1927, and drew cover illustrations for their coterie magazine for years. His first exhibition Kishū-ji Angya Nikki Emaki 紀州路行脚日記絵巻 (The picture scroll recording a journey in Wakayama) was held at Shirakiya department store, Tokyo in 1934. The picture scroll is possessed by Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama. The second Nanki Wakayama gaito Kijin-den gakan 南紀若山街頭奇人伝画巻 was held in 1936, third Hyoryu ibun ekotoba 漂流異聞絵詞 was in 1938. His fourth exhibition was entitled Manyo-shu ga sen万葉集画撰, in 1940. This exhibition featured depictions of the Waka poetry from Man'yōshū, the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, and is considered his most important set of work.

Works

References

• (Japanese) Kanpū Ōmata "Manyo-shu ga sen", Nara Shimbunsha, Nara, 2000, ISBN4-88856-028-5
• (Japanese) "Retrospective Ōmata Kanpū 1894-1947; Special Exhibition Commemorating the Third Anniversary of Nara Prefecture Complex of Manyo Culture", Nara Prefecture Complex of Manyo Culture, Nara, 2004

External links

• (Japanese) Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama [1]
• (Japanese) Nara prefecture Complex of Manyo Culture [2]
• (Japanese) Kappo Tochu 割烹東忠 [3]
• (Japanese) "Manyo-shu ga sen" from Cultural Heritage Online [4]
• (Japanese) "Ryōkan Temari uta(Ryōkan's poem) 良寛手毬歌" from Cultural Heritage Online [5]
• (Japanese) "Tao Yuanming 陶淵明" from Cultural Heritage Online [6]

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Name	Omata, Kanpu
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Date of birth	1894
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Date of death	1947
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