Japan Art and Tsukioka Kōgyo: Beauty in Simplicity
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
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Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) was born shortly after the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912). Accordingly, he was shaped by the Meiji Period and died one year after the Taisho Period ended (1912-1926).
In the art pieces in this article, Kōgyo creates beautiful art by focusing on simplicity. Hence, the art above is a mundane barley field that comes alive by the radiant sun.
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Kōgyo – unlike many Japanese artists during the Meiji Period – focused on traditional theater concerning Noh and other natural themes connected to the past.
His delightful art above of a person fishing works a treat concerning its utter simplicity!
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Kōgyo studied under Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Ogata Gekko.
His love of Noh came from Yoshitoshi. After Yoshitoshi’s death, Gekko would further his creative spark by focusing on other artistic themes.
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