Takeuchi Seihō

Infobox Artist
name = Takeuchi Seihō


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caption = Takeuchi Seihō
birthname = Takeuchi Tsunekichi
birthdate = 20 December 1864
location = Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
deathdate = 23 August 1942
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nationality = Japanese
field = Painter
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movement = Nihonga
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awards = Order of Culturenihongo|Takeuchi Seihō|竹内栖鳳|Takeuchi Seihō|extra= 20 December 1864 - 23 August 1942 was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter of the "nihonga" genre, active from the Meiji through the early Showa era. One of the founders of "nihonga", his works spanned half a century and he was regarded as master of the prewar Kyoto circle of painters. His real name was Takeuchi Tsunekichi.

Career

Seihō was born in Kyoto. As a child, he loved to draw and wanted to become an artist. He was a disciple of Kono Bairei of the Maruyama-Shijo school of traditional painting. In 1882, two of his works received awards at the "Naikoku Kaiga Kyoshinkai" (Domestic Painting Competition), one of the first modern painting competitions in Japan, which launched him on his career.

During the Exposition Universelle in Paris (1900), he toured Europe, where he studied Western art. After returning to Japan he established a unique style, combining the realist techniques of the traditional Japanese Maruyama–Shijo school with Western forms of realism borrowed from the techniques of Turner and Corot. This subsequently became one of the principal styles of modern "Nihonga". His favorite subjects were animals -often in amusing poses, such as a monkey riding on a horse. He was also noted for his landscapes.

From the start of the "Bunten" exhibitions in 1907, Seihō served on the judging committee. In 1909 he became a professor at the Kyoto Municipal College of Painting (the forerunner to the Kyoto City University of Arts). Seihō also established his own private school, the "Chikujokai". Many of his students later went on to establish themselves as noted artists, inclyding Tokuoka Shinsen and Uemura Shoen.

In 1913, Seihō was appointed as a court painter to the Imperial Household Agency, and in 1919 was nominated to the Imperial Fine Arts Academy ("Teikoku Bijutsuin"). He was one of the first persons to be awarded the Order of Culture when it was established in 1937.

He initially used the characters 棲鳳 for the first name of his pseudonym, and this name was possibly pronounced as "Saihō".

Infobox Painting|

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title=Tabby Cat (班猫)
artist=Takeuchi Seiho
year=1924
type=Nihonga watercolor on washi paper
height=81.9
width= 101.6
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city=Tokyo
museum=Yamatane Art Museum

Important works

*斑猫 (1924, Yamatane Museum, Important Cultural Property）
*平家驚禽声逃亡 Tokyo National Museum）
*秋興 (1927, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art）
*雨霽 (1907, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art）
*アレ夕立に (1909, 高島屋史料館）
*絵になる最初 (1913, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art）
*薫風稚雀・寒汀白鷺 (1928, Imperial Household Agency, sannomaru shozokan）
*群鵜 (1913, Kachu'an Takeuchi Seiho Memorial gallery）

Notable pupils

*Uemura Shoen
*Ono Kikkyo
*Tsuchida Bakusen [ [http://www.artelino.com/articles/bakusen_tsuchida.asp Bakusen Tsuchida] ]
*Nishimura Go'un (西村五雲)
*Hashimoto Kansetsu (橋本関雪) [ [http://www.kyopro.kufs.ac.jp/dp/dp01.nsf/ecfa8fdd6a53a7fc4925700e00303ed8/885f38a26ed8b4d34925718000271ba0!OpenDocument Hakusasonsô (Hashimoto Kansetsu Museum)] ]

References

* Hirota, Takashi. "Takeuchi Seiho: Kindai Nihonga no genryu". Shibunkaku Shuppan　ISBN 4784210326

External links

* [http://www.adachi-museum.or.jp/e/c_seiho.html Biography and work at Adachi Museum of Art]

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