{"id":79,"date":"2015-04-10T16:06:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T07:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2015-05-19T17:55:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T08:55:42","slug":"ar-02","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/hokkaido\/art\/ar-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Colorful Expressions – Paintings and Sculptures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sense of season in Hokkaido, where various flowers burst into bloom with the coming of spring after a long winter, is totally different from that in other parts of Japan. Distant mountains and extended vast plains provide panoramic views unique to Hokkaido. Colorful expressions have been molded by the sense of the people who live here.<\/p>\n

This section highlights modern and contemporary paintings and sculptures.<\/p>\n

Leading Japanese- and Western-style painters and sculptors<\/h2>\n
\"Shuin

Shuin<\/i> (Autumnal Tones) by Eien Iwahashi, 1987
(Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

Around 1900, Suishu Sugawara arrived in Hokkaido as an art teacher to pass on the Japanese-style painting skills of the Kano school. After that, Hoshun Yamaguchi attracted attention at the Imperial Exhibition for his noble style of paining.<\/p>\n

During the Showa era, Eien Iwahashi and Tamako Kataoka, renowned Japanese-style painters, were active. Eien Iwahashi depicted the harsh nature of Hokkaido with a melancholy touch, while Tamako Kataoka broke from tradition, using dramatic structures and primary colors to express a gorgeous world. Although their painting styles are in sharp contrast to each other, both were Japanese-style painters rooted in Hokkaido\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n

Concerning Western-style paining, Sapporo Agriculture College\u2019s Kuroyuri Association, established by Takeo Arishima, played a leading role. Kinjiro Kida entered the world of painting through an encounter with Arishima. Kinjiro Kita was born in Iwanai, and used to paint dynamic landscapes of the sea while working as a fisherman. He is featured in Umareizuru Nayami, a novel by Arishima. Kotaro Migishi was a painter who was active as a modernist in the adolescent days of modern Japanese-style painting from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. Zensaku Nakamura is known for bright landscape paintings with a sense of space.<\/p>\n

\"Iwanai

Iwanai Port after a Massive Fire by Kinjiro Kida, 1954
(Kida Kinjiro Museum of Art collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Flying

Flying Butterflies by Kotaro Migishi, 1934
(Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

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After the Second World War, Nissho Kanda attracted attention as a unique Hokkaido-influenced painter. Nissho painted oil paintings through which he taught himself while engaged in agriculture in Shikaoi Town. He is famous for representational paintings with a strong touch; he portrayed workhorses and cows on plywood with a painting knife or spatula.<\/p>\n

Miematsu Tanabe drew magnificent landscapes of Hokkaido using a technique of applying paint thickly to a solid framework. Keiyu Nishimura built a unique world with innovative compositions and colors. He moved to France at the age of 40, and was highly evaluated in Europe. Tatsuoki Nambata began painting after he met Kotaro Takamura, and played a key role as an abstract painter after the Second World War. His works were totally abstract yet expressed Japanese poetic sentiment.<\/p>\n

\"Horse

Horse (last work) by Nissho Kanda, 1970
(Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum of Art collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Moon

Moon and Peach Blossoms by Keiyu Nishimura, 1977
(Keiyu Nishimura Museum of Art collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Concerning sculptures, Teijiro Nakahara is known for statues that are realistic, but express the deep inside. Churyo Sato expressed vivid images of women using bronze and wood. Shin Hongo placed importance on the social nature and public nature of sculptures and focused on monumental field sculptures.<\/p>\n

Kan Yasuda is a sculptor based in Italy, and his massive field sculptures of marble and bronze are highly valued worldwide. Arte Piazza Bibai is a park created to exhibit his works. Bikky Sunazawa was a unique sculptor who inherited Ainu traditions and expressed an animistic world view through wooden sculptures.<\/p>\n

\"Young

Young Caucasian Man by Teijiro Nakahara, 1919
(Nakahara Teijiro Memorial Asahikawa City Sculpture Museum collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"MYOMU

MYOMU by Kan Yasuda (In front of Pietrasanta Station in Italy \/ Photo curtesy of Kan Yasuda)<\/p><\/div>\n

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