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Kawai Gyokudō (川合 玉堂, November 24, 1873 – June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Kawai Yoshisaburō.

Kawai Gyokudō
Kawai Gyokudō
Born	Kawai Yoshisaburō November 24, 1873 Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Died	June 30, 1957(1957-06-30) (aged 83) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Painter
Movement	Nihonga
Awards	Asahi Prize (1940)

Biography

Gyokudō was born in what is now Ichinomiya city, Aichi Prefecture, as the eldest son of a paper, ink and brush merchant. He went to Kyoto in 1887 to study under Kōno Bairei of the Maruyama-Shijo school of painting. In 1896, he moved to Tokyo and he became the student of Hashimoto Gahō, of the Kanō school. He also studied Western-style painting and developed a highly personal style, especially in the field of landscape painting.

Gyokudō is noted for his polychrome and occasionally monochrome works depicting the mountains and rivers of Japan in the four seasons, with humans and animals shown as part of the natural landscape. Among his representative works are Futsuka zuki (“The New Moon”), Yuku haru (“The Departing Spring”), Mine-no-yu (“Evening at the Mountain Top”), and Bosetsu (“Snow in the Evening”).

In 1898, Gyokudō joined with Okakura Tenshin and Yokoyama Taikan to found the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Fine Art Academy). In 1907, Gyokudo was selected as a judge for the first annual Bunten Exhibition. He became a teacher at the Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkō (the forerunner of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in 1919.

Received the region of Honor from the French government in 1931 and the Grand Officer Coulonne from the Emperor of Italy in June.

In 1952, Kenso-dong organized a three person exhibition of Gyokudo, Taikan and Ryuko.

In 1957, Gyokudo developed heart asthma disease and recuperated, but the disease worsened again in early June and Gyokudo died on the 30th.

In 1940, he was awarded the Order of Culture by the Government of Japan.

Most of his works are preserved and displayed at the Gyokudo Art Museum, in Ōme, Tokyo.

Major works

• Cormorant Fishing, Color on Silk, Meiji Period, 1895, Yamatane Museum of Art [ja][1]
• Ducks, Color on Silk, Meiji Period, 1897, Tokyo National Museum[1]
• A Night Heron in Summer Rain, Color on Silk, Meiji Period, 1899, Gyokudō Art Museum  [ja][1]
• Hills and Streams in Autumn, Color on Silk, Meiji Period, 1906, Yamatane Museum of Art[1]
• Red and White Plum Blossoms, Color on Gold-Leafed Paper, Taishō Period, 1919, Gyokudō Art Museum[1]
• Lingering Snow, Color on Silk, Shōwa Period, 1934, The Japan Art Academy[1]
• Autumn Rain, Color on Silk, Shōwa Period, 1940, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo[1]
• After a Mountain Shower, Color on Silk, Shōwa Period, 1943, Yamatane Museum of Art[1]
• Young Ladies Planting Rice, Color on Silk, Shōwa Period, 1945, Yamatane Museum of Art[1]
• A Lady Arranging Flowers, Color on Paper, Shōwa Period, 1929, Gyokudō Art Museum[1]
• A Pair of Cranes on a Pine, Color on Silk, Shōwa Period, 1942, Yamatane Museum of Art[1]
• Bear, Color on Paper, Shōwa Period, 1946, Gyokudō Art Museum[1]

References

• Briessen, Fritz van. The Way of the Brush: Painting Techniques of China and Japan. Tuttle (1999). ISBN 0-8048-3194-7
• Conant, Ellen P., Rimer, J. Thomas, Owyoung, Stephen. Nihonga: Transcending the Past: Japanese-Style Painting, 1868-1968. Weatherhill (1996). ISBN 0-8348-0363-1
• Kimura, Ihee. Four Japanese painters: Taikan Yokoyama, Gyokudo Kawai, Shoen Uemura, Kiyokata Kaburaki (JPS picture books). Japan Photo Service (1939). ASIN: B000888WYA
• https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/bukko/8857.html

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gyokudō Kawai.

• brief bio and works
• Spring Rain at Yamagata Art Museum
• Home page to Gyokudo Art Museum (Japanese)
• bio and work at Adachi Museum of Art

На других языках

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[de] Kawai Gyokudō

Kawai Gyokudō (japanisch 川合 玉堂; eigentlicher Vorname Yoshisaburō (芳三郎); geb. 24. November 1873 in der Präfektur Aichi; gest. 30. Juni 1957) war ein japanischer Maler der Nihonga-Richtung.

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- [en] Kawai Gyokudō

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[fr] Gyokudō Kawai

Gyokudō Kawai (川合 玉堂?, 24 novembre 1873 - 30 juin 1957) est le pseudonyme d'un peintre japonais de l'école nihonga, actif de l'ère Meiji à l'ère Shōwa. Son nom véritable est Kawai Yoshisaburō.

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[it] Gyokudō Kawai

Gyokudō Kawai (川合 玉堂 Kawai Gyokudō?), pseudonimo di Yoshisaburō Kawai (川合 芳三郎 Kawai Yoshisaburō?; Ichinomiya, 24 novembre 1873 – 30 giugno 1957), è stato un pittore giapponese attivo durante il periodo Meiji e il periodo Shōwa, conosciuto principalmente per le sue opere in stile nihonga ed Artista della Casa imperiale.

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