Tanaka Yubi
- Born: 1840/11/30
- Died: 1933/2/20
- Japanese: 田中有美 (Tanaka Yuubi)
Tanaka Yûbi was a prominent Nihonga painter of the Meiji through early Shôwa periods. He is perhaps best known for a pair of series of handscroll paintings depicting the lives and accomplishments of Sanjô Sanetomi and Iwakura Tomomi, and for another set of handscrolls depicting the funeral of the Meiji Emperor (「御大葬之図」). All of these remain in the Imperial Collections today.
Born and raised in Yamashiro province, Yûbi came into the service of the Imperial Court through his apprenticeship to his cousin Okada Tamechika, and became a playmate for the young Meiji Emperor. He was officially named Imperial court painter in 1884.
Tanaka died on 1933/2/20.
His eldest son Tanaka Shinbi (1875-1975) was an art historian who is most known for his research on, and hand-painted reproductions of, Heian period emaki (handscrolls) depicting scenes from the Tale of Genji and Tale of the Heike.[1]
References
- "Tanaka Yûbi," Nihon jinmei daijiten, Kodansha, 2009.
- ↑ "Tanaka Shinbi," Nihon jinmei daijiten, Kodansha, 2009.
