DOI Heft:
Nr. 166 (December, 1910)
DOI Artikel:Harada, Jirō: Japanese art and artists of to-day, 4, Wood and ivory carving
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19869#0142
Japanese Art and Artists of To-day.—IV. IVood and Ivory Carving
posing his poems whilst riding upon a donkey. Another of this
The piece was exhibited at the Fine Arts Associa- artist's works
tion in Tokyo in the spring of 1908, and awarded here illustrated
a prize for the success and clever manner in which (p. 115) depicts
the artist had shown the poet lost in thought. an incident in a
Yamazaki Choun is another of the most promising Samurai family,
artists who learned from Koun. It is acknow- A boy is seen
ledged that he and Unkai are both arms of Koun. teaching his
All his works exhibited at the Tokyo Salon have younger brother
been purchased by the Imperial Household. He on a hobby horse
how to use the
bridle. The
movement of the
figures and ex-
pression upon
the boys'faces are
in striking con-
trast to the in-
animate wooden
horse. This is
most excellently
ivory carving: "old man
brought out. smoking." by kaneda kinjiro
Sinkai Takejiro
is known as the soldier carver. He went to
wood carving : "a fencer"
by hirakushi denchu
makes a speciality of human subjects. Among his
larger works may be mentioned that which he
chiselled of the Emperor Kameyama, fifteen feet
high, in wood. In his recent productions his
work, like that of Unkai, reflects idealism more
than the realism of his former creation. His
wooden statue of a Tramp (p. 108) may be taken
as a striking example of his skill. Choun also
learned clay modelling from his teacher, and
adopts the European method of making a model
in clay before proceeding with the actual pro-
duction in wood. The Court Night Watchmen
(p. in) shows the artist's masterly touches and
bold chisel work. The subject represents the
night watchmen of mediaeval times in winter. wood carving: "the moon." by yonehara unkai
112
posing his poems whilst riding upon a donkey. Another of this
The piece was exhibited at the Fine Arts Associa- artist's works
tion in Tokyo in the spring of 1908, and awarded here illustrated
a prize for the success and clever manner in which (p. 115) depicts
the artist had shown the poet lost in thought. an incident in a
Yamazaki Choun is another of the most promising Samurai family,
artists who learned from Koun. It is acknow- A boy is seen
ledged that he and Unkai are both arms of Koun. teaching his
All his works exhibited at the Tokyo Salon have younger brother
been purchased by the Imperial Household. He on a hobby horse
how to use the
bridle. The
movement of the
figures and ex-
pression upon
the boys'faces are
in striking con-
trast to the in-
animate wooden
horse. This is
most excellently
ivory carving: "old man
brought out. smoking." by kaneda kinjiro
Sinkai Takejiro
is known as the soldier carver. He went to
wood carving : "a fencer"
by hirakushi denchu
makes a speciality of human subjects. Among his
larger works may be mentioned that which he
chiselled of the Emperor Kameyama, fifteen feet
high, in wood. In his recent productions his
work, like that of Unkai, reflects idealism more
than the realism of his former creation. His
wooden statue of a Tramp (p. 108) may be taken
as a striking example of his skill. Choun also
learned clay modelling from his teacher, and
adopts the European method of making a model
in clay before proceeding with the actual pro-
duction in wood. The Court Night Watchmen
(p. in) shows the artist's masterly touches and
bold chisel work. The subject represents the
night watchmen of mediaeval times in winter. wood carving: "the moon." by yonehara unkai
112