contributor
26,975
edits
Changes
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
*''Other Names'': 山口辰吉 ''(Yamaguchi Tatsukichi)''
*''Japanese'': [[山口]] 瑞雨 ''(Yamaguchi Zuiu)''
*''Japanese'': [[山口]] 瑞雨 ''(Yamaguchi Zuiu)''
Yamaguchi Zuiu was a painter from [[Tochigi prefecture]] who taught art in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] from [[1896]] to [[1912]].
Yamaguchi Zuiu was a painter from [[Tochigi prefecture]] who taught art in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] from [[1896]] to [[1912]].
He began teaching at the Okinawa Normal School (''Okinawa shihan gakkô'') in 1896.<ref>Miyazato Masako 宮里正子, "Geijutsu, Geinô katsudô he no shinshutsu"「芸術・芸能活動への進出」, ''Naha onna no ashiato, Naha joseishi (Sengo hen)'' なは・女のあしあと 那覇女性史（戦後編）, Naha-shi sômubu josei shitsu 那覇市総務部女性室（ed.）, Naha: Ryukyu Shimpo-sha (2001), 377-378.</ref>
In [[1908]], he founded the Tansei association, which produced ''[[Nihonga]]'' paintings of Okinawan subjects. Yamaguchi submitted a number of his own paintings to exhibitions held by the [[Japan Painting Association]] (''Nihon bijutsu kyôkai'').
In [[1908]], he founded the Tansei association, which produced ''[[Nihonga]]'' paintings of Okinawan subjects. Yamaguchi submitted a number of his own paintings to exhibitions held by the [[Japan Painting Association]] (''Nihon bijutsu kyôkai'').
Yamaguchi submitted a six-fold [[byobu|screen painting]] to the sixth [[Bunten]] exhibition in [[1912]] depicting a scene of the Ryukyuan king. The work was admitted into the first class of ''[[Nihonga]]'' works in the exhibition. While a number of Okinawan artists were showing in major national exhibitions at this time, Yamaguchi was in a meaningful sense appropriating their position, representing Okinawa but doing so as a Japanese person, with works in a Japanese style. The screen painting was likely based on direct observation of the [[Ryukyu investiture crown]], [[Engaku-ji]], and other elements of [[Ryukyu Kingdom]] heritage; it was harshly criticized, however, by Okinawan art critics such as ''[[Ryukyu Shimpo|Ryûkyû Shimpô]]'' writer [[Sueyoshi Bakumonto|Sueyoshi Bakumontô]]<!--末吉麦門冬--> who asserted that it didn't reflect Ryukyuan spirit and was totally lacking in Ryukyuan character.
{{stub}}
{{stub}}
==References==
==References==
*Junko Kobayashi, "The Demise of Ryukyuan Painting," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.
*Junko Kobayashi, "The Demise of Ryukyuan Painting," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
