DOI Heft:
No. 381 (December 1924)
DOI Artikel:[Notes: one hundred and ninety-three illustrations]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0377
TOKYO
" PLUM BLOSSOMS." BY
WADA - TOMEI
(Nihon Bijutsuin, loth Exhn.)
TOKYO.—Very interesting was this
year's exhibition of paintings by the
Nihongakai, which was the second after
the society has been reformed. The
Nihongakai was organised about twenty-
seven years ago and enjoyed the leadership
of the late Viscount Suyematsu, an art
critic and patron. But the time came when
it became necessary to reorganise it to
cope with the new requirements of the
age. The works shown at the last exhibi-
tion revealed, perhaps not to the extent
many anticipated, a new life that has been
infused into the activities of its members,
making the display interesting. Among
others, it was interesting to note different
personalities revealed in the works by
fourteen of its members displayed in a
room, being a result of a sketching tour
made by them on Lake Biwa. Full of
action was the moving mist in Hiyeizan
After Rain, by Okabe-Koho, and Chiku-
bushima in Rain, by the same artist, was
full of romance of that enchanted island
on the lake in early autumnal rain. The
same island was beautifully treated by
Ogio-Tensen, and was serenely portrayed,
wrapped in mysterious morning mist,
by Tamura-Saiten. Eventide on Snow-
covered Hira, by Ito-Kyoho, was full of
tranquillity, a a 0 a 0
The exhibition also included an ex-
ample, Tekona, by Tsubata-Michihiko,
painted on canvas with the new colours of
his invention. After years of hard work
and study he has succeeded in invent-
ing new methods of preparing colours
suitable for the traditional as well as for
the " foreign style " of painting. It is
claimed that by this invention our artists
are saved from the bother and untold in-
convenience of dissolving colours in gelatin
(a hampering task for the painters, especially
in cold weather), the only method hitherto
practised by our artists. The invention is
based on using different albumen ex-
tracted from various animals and vege-
tables. Though there has not been suffi-
cient time to prove it, the colours are said
to be absolutely fast. One advantage, at
least, to our artists is that the colour
values of paints do not change when they
dry on silk or paper. 0000
The Nihon Bijutsuin's tenth semi-
annual exhibition of paintings and sculp-
ture was another important event in the
art season. Formerly the spring exhibition
was set aside for the display of works by
the students and associate members of
the Bijutsuin. However, two years ago
this was changed and a certain number of
outsiders came to be invited to show their
works, and the members as well were
allowed to show their new efforts, the
exhibition being called " Shisaku Ten-
rankai " (meaning " Exhibition of Works
on Trial "). The exhibition is interesting
in that it reveals new endeavours and
struggles, unhampered by any established
canons of art, enjoying a perfect freedom
of artistic imagination. Full of feeling
was Yokoyama-Taikwan'sLingerz'ng Cold on
silk. Pleasing were Departing Autumn, by
Nishio-Nitchi, and Plum Blossoms, by
Wada-Tomei, both in faithful minuteness.
Interesting were Dust, by Okamoto-Shodo,
and Toenails, by Ohashi-Toshio, both in
wood sculpture. Jiro Harada.
357
" PLUM BLOSSOMS." BY
WADA - TOMEI
(Nihon Bijutsuin, loth Exhn.)
TOKYO.—Very interesting was this
year's exhibition of paintings by the
Nihongakai, which was the second after
the society has been reformed. The
Nihongakai was organised about twenty-
seven years ago and enjoyed the leadership
of the late Viscount Suyematsu, an art
critic and patron. But the time came when
it became necessary to reorganise it to
cope with the new requirements of the
age. The works shown at the last exhibi-
tion revealed, perhaps not to the extent
many anticipated, a new life that has been
infused into the activities of its members,
making the display interesting. Among
others, it was interesting to note different
personalities revealed in the works by
fourteen of its members displayed in a
room, being a result of a sketching tour
made by them on Lake Biwa. Full of
action was the moving mist in Hiyeizan
After Rain, by Okabe-Koho, and Chiku-
bushima in Rain, by the same artist, was
full of romance of that enchanted island
on the lake in early autumnal rain. The
same island was beautifully treated by
Ogio-Tensen, and was serenely portrayed,
wrapped in mysterious morning mist,
by Tamura-Saiten. Eventide on Snow-
covered Hira, by Ito-Kyoho, was full of
tranquillity, a a 0 a 0
The exhibition also included an ex-
ample, Tekona, by Tsubata-Michihiko,
painted on canvas with the new colours of
his invention. After years of hard work
and study he has succeeded in invent-
ing new methods of preparing colours
suitable for the traditional as well as for
the " foreign style " of painting. It is
claimed that by this invention our artists
are saved from the bother and untold in-
convenience of dissolving colours in gelatin
(a hampering task for the painters, especially
in cold weather), the only method hitherto
practised by our artists. The invention is
based on using different albumen ex-
tracted from various animals and vege-
tables. Though there has not been suffi-
cient time to prove it, the colours are said
to be absolutely fast. One advantage, at
least, to our artists is that the colour
values of paints do not change when they
dry on silk or paper. 0000
The Nihon Bijutsuin's tenth semi-
annual exhibition of paintings and sculp-
ture was another important event in the
art season. Formerly the spring exhibition
was set aside for the display of works by
the students and associate members of
the Bijutsuin. However, two years ago
this was changed and a certain number of
outsiders came to be invited to show their
works, and the members as well were
allowed to show their new efforts, the
exhibition being called " Shisaku Ten-
rankai " (meaning " Exhibition of Works
on Trial "). The exhibition is interesting
in that it reveals new endeavours and
struggles, unhampered by any established
canons of art, enjoying a perfect freedom
of artistic imagination. Full of feeling
was Yokoyama-Taikwan'sLingerz'ng Cold on
silk. Pleasing were Departing Autumn, by
Nishio-Nitchi, and Plum Blossoms, by
Wada-Tomei, both in faithful minuteness.
Interesting were Dust, by Okamoto-Shodo,
and Toenails, by Ohashi-Toshio, both in
wood sculpture. Jiro Harada.
357