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Kiyokata Kaburagi _Phantom "Tsukiji Akashicho" Special Open House at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (until 2019.12.15)
The masterpiece "Tsukiji Akashicho" (1927) by Kiyokata Kaburagi (1878-1972), which shines in the history of modern Japanese painting, was collected at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in 2019. To commemorate this, it was released at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (until 2019.12.15), along with the trilogy "Shintomicho" and "Hamacho Riverside" (1930), so I toured. .
"Tsukiji Akashicho", which has been said to be a phantom masterpiece, is the first release in 44 years. At the same time, masterpieces of Kiyokata's works, such as "Sanyutei Encho Statue" and "Meiji Customs Twelve Months", are also on display.
Kiyokata Kaburagi was born in Kanda, Tokyo, and entered the Ukiyo-e system Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908) and started painting as an illustration artist. It was named alongside the beauty painter Shoen Uemura (1875-1949).
Initially, the main theme was modern customs based on ukiyo-e, but the scenes of the Meiji era, which was lost after the Great Kanto Earthquake, were added to the theme of production. Born in this way, masterpieces such as "Tsukiji Akashicho", "Sanyutei Encho Statue", and "Meiji Customs Twelve Months". After that, I devoted myself to the production of art books and picture scrolls named "tabletop art", which is different from the paintings for exhibitions.
Representative work "Tsukiji Akashicho"
When I started the latter half of the painting, Kiyokata started producing "Lost Meiji Scenes" and focused on the lives of people from Meiji 20 to 30 years. "Tsukiji Akashicho" is a work located on the starting line, and it was a work of Kiyokata Kaishin.
The fence of the Western-style building in the picture is painted with light blue paint, and morning glory is blooming remnant flowers. Around the morning fog is white and hazy, and against the backdrop of a mast of a sailing ship anchored in the cove of Tsukuda, a woman wearing a British roll, a single coat kimono and a black haori scratching her sleeves in the morning cool and looking back. It is depicted.
The model was "Isako Egi", a friend of Kiyokata's female student days. The wife of Sadao Egi, a bureaucrat of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce.
"In the morning fog of Akashicho, who reminisces far away, this Tei (the young man (= Kiyokata himself here) serves the elder honestly and well), and his acquaintance Manseiko Egi (Mashiko) I saw the dark eyes of the eyelashes, and then made it there. "
It is written. He also described in "Kaburagi Kiyokata Bunshu" as "Hairstyles such as night gatherings or British scrolls are hairstyles that often represent the Meiji era." Although it is not a portrait, the existence of the model is strongly linked to the formation of the work.
Immediately after entering Tsukiji Honganji Temple, there is an explanatory version of "Takeko Kujo". As you know, it is said to be one of the beauty of Daishozo, but the other two are Byakuren Yanagihara and Kinkin Egi, which were also featured in the TV drama "Hanako and Ann". The latter Kinkin Egi is Egi Masuko, who became the model of Tsukiji Akashicho.
"Shintomicho" by Kiyokata Kaburagi
Shintomi Geisha is depicted. The undergarment seen from the geisha's cuffs is a pattern of autumn leaves and chrysanthemums, so the rain will be autumn rain. It is an old-fashioned everyday wear with a black collar, with his hair crushed Shimada, snake eyes, and a rush with high and thin clogs.
There is Shintomiza in the back, but the performance of the picture signboard seems to be "Kanademoto Chushingura".
"Hamacho Riverside" by Kiyokata Kaburagi
The Shin-ohashi Bridge on the right side of the picture was a wooden bridge until 1912 (Meiji 45). On the other side of the bridge is Ayacho, Fukagawa. The fire tower, which is also depicted in Hiroshige Utagawa's "Famous Place Edo Hundred Views Oakhouses", is also depicted in this picture. The daughter who puts a rose hair on her hair has a dance fan, so it will be a return from a teacher of Fujima-ryu in Hamacho.