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Kaigetsudō School
The Kaigetsudō school (懐月堂派, ''-ha'') was a school of ''ukiyo-e'' painting and printmaking founded in Edo around 1700–1714. It is often said that the various Kaigetsudō artists' styles are so similar, many scholars find it nearly impossible to differentiate them; thus, many Kaigetsudō paintings are attributed to the school's founder, Kaigetsudō Ando, which may have been in fact painted by his disciples. The school's founder, Ando Yasunori, known by his art-name (''gō'') Kaigetsudō Ando, was a specialist in ''bijinga'', images of beautiful women. Unlike his disciples, Ando produced only paintings, never prints. His style, and that of the school, draws strongly upon the style of the Torii school, which is known primarily for its theater signboards. The style of both schools is distinguished by its use of thick lines and bright colors. However, the Kaigetsudō style is said to depict subjects in a very stereotyped manner, which is in sharp contrast to the style of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiōken Eishun
Baiōken Eishun (; active ) was a Japanese painter and print artist of the Kaigetsudō school of ''ukiyo-e'' art. He is also alternatively known as Hasegawa Eishun , Baiōken Nagaharu, Takeda HarunobuMorse, Anne Nishimura et al. ''Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690-1850''. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. p80. and a number of other art-names. He produced both hanging scroll full-color paintings typical of the Kaigetsudō style and mode, and a number of designs for illustrations for woodblock printed books. Richard Lane describes Eishun's work as very similar to that of Matsuno Chikanobu, though the courtesans in his ''bijinga'' (paintings of beauties) are somewhat taller, slimmer, and more serious-looking. Eishun, along with Chikanobu, represents something of a revival of the Kaigetsudō school which fell into decline in the preceding decades following the exile of its founder, Kaigetsudō Ando, in 1714. Notes References * Lane, Richard. (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takizawa Shigenobu
is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,325 in 23,270 households, and a population density of 300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Takizawa is located in central Iwate Prefecture, bordered to the north and west by the Iwate Mountains, and the Kitakami River to the east and the Shizukuishi River to the south. Neighboring municipalities Iwate Prefecture * Hachimantai *Morioka *Shizukuishi Climate Takizawa has a cold humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Takizawa is 9.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1386 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.3 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Takizawa grew rapidly in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuno Chikanobu
Matsuno Chikanobu (, fl. 1720s) was a Japanese painter of the Kaigetsudō school of ukiyo-e art. Believed to be one of the most popular painters of his time, his work, very much in the Kaigetsudō style, consists largely of ' (pictures of beautiful ladies) and features bright colors and exquisite kimono fashions. He is believed to have worked closely with Baiōken Eishun Baiōken Eishun (; active ) was a Japanese painter and print artist of the Kaigetsudō school of ''ukiyo-e'' art. He is also alternatively known as Hasegawa Eishun , Baiōken Nagaharu, Takeda HarunobuMorse, Anne Nishimura et al. ''Drama and Desir ..., another Kaigetsudō artist whose style shows significant similarities. References *Lane, Richard (1978). ''Images of the Floating World''. Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky. 18th-century Japanese artists Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Chikanobu {{Japan-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukiyo-e
is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock printing, woodblock prints and Nikuhitsu-ga, paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; Flora of Japan, flora and Wildlife of Japan#Fauna, fauna; and Shunga, erotica. In 1603, the city of Edo (Tokyo), Edo (Tokyo) became the seat of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate. The class (merchants, craftsmen and workers), positioned at the bottom of Four occupations, the social order, benefited the most from the city's rapid economic growth. They began to indulge in and patronize the entertainment of kabuki theatre, geisha, and oiran, courtesans of the Yūkaku, pleasure districts. The term ('floating world') came to describe this hedonistic lifestyle. Printed or painted ukiyo-e works were popular with the class, who had become wealthy enough to afford to decorate their homes wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaigetsudō Anchi
Kaigetsudō Anchi (, active ) was a Japanese artist of the Kaigetsudō school of ukiyo-e art. He was the student and likely the son of the school's founder, Kaigetsudō Ando. As is the case with most of the Kaigetsudō artists, the details of Anchi's life are almost completely unknown. His works, like those of other members of the school, are almost exclusively paintings, and of those almost all are of courtesans in exquisite kimono. His few woodblock prints are of the same subjects and style, and were likely a special commission. Though his works follow very much the distinctive style of Ando (and thus of the school as whole), Richard Lane points out that the attitude and emotion of the women in Anchi's works differs from those of his teacher. He writes, "whereas Ando's women can often pass for maidens of ladies of quality, Anchi's girls are manifestly courtesans, lovely but at the same time somehow predatory. They seem to be thinking only of themselves; most men would thin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
