Studio: international art (90.1925)

TOKYO

" ROUGE AND POWDER "
BY ITO-SHINSUI

(Impl. Art Inst., Tokyo)

of expression. It suggests a necessity of
a vital reform in the style in order to
cope with the requirements of the age.
There were a number of paintings with
women as the subject, some of which were
excellent. Among them may be men-
tioned Standing Women, by Kikuchi-
Keigetsu, Rouge and Powder, by Ito-
Shinsui, and A Dream, by Yamakawa-
Shuho. One tendency deeply lamented
by many is the apparent neglect of the
importance of lines, which performed the
most important function in old paintings.

This is said to be largely due to the effort
to attain the effect of the oil paintings
of the West. 0000a
A marked progress was noticeable in
our oil paintings after the Western style.
They are gradually becoming the product
of their own, and not merely an imitation,
in the outer form, of the Western product.
Some claim, not without some foundation,
that what is in the mind of the modern Nip-
pon can better be expressed in the adopted
style rather than their own, though it is
yet to be proven. Jiro Harada.

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