Kiyohara Tama

Kiyohara Tama

Infobox_Person
name = Kiyohara Tama
residence =
other_names = Eleonora Ragusa, Kiyohara Otama, Ragusa Otama


imagesize =
caption =
birth_name = Kiyohara Tamayo
birth_date = 1861
birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
death_date = 1939
death_place = Tokyo, Japan
death_cause
known =
occupation = Painter, teacher
title =
salary =
term =
predecessor =
successor =
party =
boards =
religion =
spouse = Vincenzo Ragusa
partner =
children =
relations =
website =
footnotes =
employer =
height =
weight =

nihongo|Kiyohara Tama|清原玉 (1861-1939), also known as nihongo|Kiyohara Otama|清原お玉, nihongo|Eleonora Ragusa|エレオノーラ・ラグーザ, or nihongo|Ragusa Tama|ラグーザ・玉 was a Japanese painter who spent most of her life in the Sicilian city of Palermo. Her maiden name was nihongo|Kiyohara Tamayo|清原多代.

Biography

Kiyohara Tamayo was the second daughter of Kiyohara Einosuke, manager of Zōjō-ji temple in Shiba-Shinbori, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. She started studying seriously painting with a Japanese master even before entering elementary schoolNational Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo] Prominent people of Minato City] . Her life suddenly changed when Sicilian sculptor Vincenzo Ragusa, for whom she had modeled when she was just 17, after spending six years in Japan as a sculpture professor decided to go home in 1882 bringing with him Kiyohara Einosuke, his wife and 21-year-old Tamayo.

In Palermo Ragusa opened the Scuola Superiore d'Arte Applicata, employing Kiyohara and his wife as instructors to introduce Japanese lacquer techniques to Italy, but difficulties in obtaining the necessary raw materials caused the school's closure, and Kiyohara and his wife returned to Japan after six years in Palermo. They left behind their daughter Tamayo, who married Ragusa in 1889 and adopted the Italian name of Eleonora Ragusa.

She continued to be active in the arts and was nominated vice-principal of an art school Vincenzo opened in Palermo. The school, called “Museo Artistico Industriale, Scuole Officine”, was opened in 1884 with public funds in Palazzo Belvedere (Casa Benzo). He headed the male section, she the female sectionStoria] . The school still exists under the name of Istituto d'Arte di Palermo. After her husband's death in 1927, two Japanese newspapers, the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun and the Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbun, found out about her story and published a serialized novel about it, bringing Tamayo to fame in her homelandUrayasu News] . By then she could barely speak Japanese anymore, but she decided to go back. After her return, she opened an atelier in Shiba Shinbori, where she died some years later. She is buried at her family temple, Chōgen-ji. Kiyohara was herself a painter of great skill, but most of the works she left in Japan were destroyed during WWII, while those left in Italy are still exhibited in various private collections.

According to her wishes, half of her ashes are in Japan, half lie in Palermo next to her husband's grave.

Notes

References

* [http://www.tobunken.go.jp/~bijutsu/english/publications/bijutukenkyu/abstract/68.html Vincenzo Ragusa and his work] , National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, retrieved on July 10, 2008
* [http://www.urayasu-news.jp/2006/04/post_51.html Meiji Sandai Kokusai Romansu] , Urayasu News, retrieved on July 10, 2008
* [http://jin3.jp/otera/chougenji.htm Chōgen-ji] temple site, article about Kiyohara Tama, retrieved on July 10, 2008
* [http://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=99 Tama Ragusa] , from Prominent People of Minato City, retrieved on July 10, 2008
* [http://www2.rosenet.ne.jp/~shiba-e/guide2.html Ragusa Tama] retrieved on July 10, 2008
* it icon [http://www.mediartepalermo.it/storia.html Storia] , Scuola Media Annessa all'Istituto d'Arte di Palermo, retrieved on July 10, 2008.

External links

* [http://db.am.geidai.ac.jp/object.cgi?id=7328 Vincenzo Ragusa] — Portrait of Kiyohara Tama.
* [http://www.grifasi-sicilia.com/kiyohara.html Kiyohara Tama] — Self-portrait
* [http://ricamo.cocolog-nifty.com/nauan/2008/01/post_e0a5.html Kiyohara Tama]
* [http://db.am.geidai.ac.jp/object.cgi?id=7327 Vincenzo Ragusa] — Portrait of Kiyohara Tama.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kiyohara Tama — Tama Kiyohara à Palerme (en 1882 1883 environ) Nom de naissance Kiyohara Tamayo Naissance 1861 Edo …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Vincenzo Ragusa — (8 July 1841–13 May 1927) was an Italian sculptor who lived in Meiji period Japan from 1876 1882. He introduced European techniques in bronze casting, and new methods of modeling in wood, clay, plaster and wire armatures which exerted a… …   Wikipedia

  • Vincenzo Ragusa — Naissance 8 juillet 1841 Palerme Décès …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Yamato-damashii — is a historically and culturally loaded word in the Japanese language. The phrase was coined in the Heian period for an indigenous spirit which was shown to best light when polished by Chinese learning . Later, a qualitative contrast between… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der auf Deutsch veröffentlichten Mangas — „Manga“ auf Japanisch Diese Liste führt Mangas, japanische Comics, die auf Deutsch veröffentlicht wurden. Inhaltsverzeichnis 0–9 A …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste japanischer Schriftsteller — Vorbemerkung In der nachfolgenden Liste sind ausschließlich japanische Schriftsteller und Dichter versammelt. Der Begriff Schriftsteller, wie auch der Begriff Literatur werden dabei in einem weiten Sinne verstanden. Als Schriftsteller werden alle …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shinsen Gumi — Isami Kondō Le Shinsen Gumi (新選組, Shinsen Gumi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Shinsengumi — Shinsen Gumi Isami Kondō Le Shinsen Gumi (新選組, Shinsen Gumi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hotaru Akane — 紅音ほたる (あかね ほたる)[1] Hotaru Akane (1983 ) Surnom Anna Akizuki, Anna Akitsuki, Anna Syugetsu, Akii Hotaru Naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mitaka, Tokyo — Mitaka 三鷹市   City   …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”