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Kagaku Murakami (村上 華岳, Murakami Kagaku, July 3, 1888 – November 11, 1939) was a Japanese painter and illustrator, noted for his numerous Buddhist subjects and advancement in the techniques of nihonga (Japanese-style) painting in the early 20th century.

Kagaku Murakami
Murakami Kagaku
Born	Takeda Shinichi (1888-07-03)July 3, 1888 Osaka, Japan
Died	November 11, 1939(1939-11-11) (aged 51) Hanakuma, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Kyoto Kaiga Senmon Gakko (present day Kyoto City University of Arts)
Known for	Painter[1]
Movement	Nihonga the Society for the Creation of a National Painting Style (国画創作協会 Kokuga Sosaku Kyokai)
Patron(s)	Seibe Naiki [ja], founder of Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. [ja] (See Ramatroban)

Biography

He was born in Osaka as Takeda Shinichi. His parents divorced when he was a child and he was raised in Kobe, taking his maternal grandfather's name in 1904. In 1903, he entered the Kyoto City School of Arts and Crafts, graduating in 1907 and entering the Kyoto City Art College (present day Kyoto City University of Arts) in 1909, from which he graduated in 1913. His work was accepted for display at the 5th Bunten Exhibition in 1911, and in 1916, he won a special prize for his first Buddhist-themed work at the 10th Bunten Exhibition. The same year, he moved into Kodai-ji temple in Kyoto as a lay monk. In 1918, he created the Society for the Creation of a National Painting Style (国画創作協会, Kokuga Sosaku Kyokai) with Tsuchida Bakusen and three other young nihonga artists from the Kyoto area.

The aim of the group was to revitalize what they perceived to be stagnation in the nihonga techniques through a fusion of Yamato-e, early ukiyo-e and the Shijō school's use of delicate lines with the techniques and tenets of western art, while maintaining the use of subjects traditional to Japanese art. The society held its own exhibitions (Kokuten), and at the second of these in 1919, Murakami displayed Kiyohime Crossing the Hidaka River, which is regarded as one of his representative works. The painting is now recognized by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs as an Important Cultural Property.

In 1920, at the 3rd Kokuten Exhibition, Murakami displayed a nude portrait, in a style reminiscent of Indian painting. It is uncertain if the subject is a bodhisattva or a woman, and likewise the style of the work transcends both nihonga and yōga. However, the work remained highly controversial during his lifetime, and lead to his gradual estraignment from the mainstream art world. In 1923, due to the worsening of his chronic asthma, Murakami left Kyoto for Ashiya, Hyōgo. He continued paint on religious themes. In 1927, he returned to live in Kobe. In Murakami's final years, as his health continued to worsen, his paintings became smaller and smaller, and his use of color fainter and fainter, until his final works were almost monochromatic. He died in 1939.

Noted Works

• Night Cherry Blossoms (夜桜之図, Yozakura-zu), 1913, Kyoto Museum of Modern Art
• Kiyohime Crossing the Hidaka River (日高河清姫図, Hidakagawa Kiyohime-zu), 1919, Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, National Important Cultural Property
• Nude (裸婦図, Rafu-zu), 1920, Yamatane Art Museum

Nude
Japanese: 裸婦図
Artist	Kagaku Murakami
Year	1920
Type	Oil painting
Dimensions	163.6 cm × 109.1 cm (64.4 in × 43.0 in)
Location	Yamatane Art Museum, Tokyo

Patronage

The works od Kagaku Murakami were and are loved by many art collectors. One of the well-known patrons was Seibe Naiki [ja], founder of Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. [ja], called one of Kyoto Shitenno (Big Four). See Nishiōji Station, Yamashina Botanical Research Institute to know Nippon Shinyaku.

References

• Keene, Donald. Dawn to the West. Columbia University Press; (1998). ISBN 0-231-11435-4
• Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art . Prentice Hall (2005). ISBN 0-13-117602-1
• Miyoshi, Masao. Postmodernism and Japan. Duke University Press (1986) ISBN 0-8223-0896-7
• Sadao, Tsuneko. Discovering the Arts of Japan: A Historical Overview. Kodansha International (2003). ISBN 4-7700-2939-X
• Schaarschmidt Richte. Japanese Modern Art Painting From 1910 . Edition Stemmle. ISBN 3-908161-85-1
• Weisenfeld, Gennifer. MAVO: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931. University of California Press (2001). ISBN 0-520-22338-1

External links

• Adachi Art Museum
• Kahitsukan Museum
• Yamatane Art Museum
• Brief Biography of Murakami Kagaku - Jyuluck-Do Corporation

На других языках

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[de] Murakami Kagaku

Murakami Kagaku (japanisch 村上 華岳; geb. 3. Juli 1888 in Osaka; gest. 11. November 1939) war ein japanischer Maler der Nihonga-Richtung in der Taishō- und frühen Shōwa-Zeit.

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- [en] Kagaku Murakami

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[fr] Kagaku Murakami

Kagaku Murakami (村上華岳?), de son vrai nom Takeda Shinichi (né le 3 juillet 1888 à Osaka, mort le 11 novembre 1939 à Kōbe) est un peintre et illustrateur japonais, connu pour ses nombreuses réalisations portant sur le bouddhisme et ses apports au développement des techniques du style japonais nihonga dans la peinture du début du XXe siècle.

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[it] Kagaku Murakami

Kagaku Murakami (村上華岳?; Osaka, 3 luglio 1888 – Hanakuma, 11 novembre 1939) è stato un pittore e illustratore giapponese attivo all’inizio del XX secolo e conosciuto principalmente per le sue opere in stile nihonga e per quelle a soggetto buddista.

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[ru] Мураками Кагаку

Мураками Кагаку, наст. имя Такэда Синъити (яп. 村上 華岳; род.. 3 июля 1888 г. Осака; ум. 11 ноября 1939) г. Кобе) — японский художник, писавший свои произведения в традиционном стиле нихонга.

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