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Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.He is also widely active as a poet, and writes phrases and pictures in the collection of phrases.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.He is also widely active as a poet, and writes phrases and pictures in the collection of phrases.Many of his disciples are prominent figures such as Utamaro Kitagawa, Harumachi Koikawa, Eishosai Choki, and Toyoharu Utagawa, and later they have grown significantly as ukiyo-e artists and gesaku artists.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.He is also widely active as a poet, and writes phrases and pictures in the collection of phrases.Many of his disciples are prominent figures such as Utamaro Kitagawa, Harumachi Koikawa, Eishosai Choki, and Toyoharu Utagawa, and later they have grown significantly as ukiyo-e artists and gesaku artists.The youkai art book "Gazu Hyakki Yakou", which was published as a printed book in Anei 5 (1776), gained high praise, and three years later, in Anei 8 (1779), it was a sequel to "Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki". Published. After that, in Anei 10 (1780), "Konjaku Hyakki Hokoku" was released, and in Tenmei 4 (1784), "Hyakki Takubaku" was released.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.He is also widely active as a poet, and writes phrases and pictures in the collection of phrases.Many of his disciples are prominent figures such as Utamaro Kitagawa, Harumachi Koikawa, Eishosai Choki, and Toyoharu Utagawa, and later they have grown significantly as ukiyo-e artists and gesaku artists.The youkai art book "Gazu Hyakki Yakou", which was published as a printed book in Anei 5 (1776), gained high praise, and three years later, in Anei 8 (1779), it was a sequel to "Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki". Published. After that, in Anei 10 (1780), "Konjaku Hyakki Hokoku" was released, and in Tenmei 4 (1784), "Hyakki Takubaku" was released.He died in the 8th year of Tenmei (1788). The graveyard is Komyoji Temple in Motoasakusa, Taito-ku. The name of the law is Toriyama Sekien.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.He is also widely active as a poet, and writes phrases and pictures in the collection of phrases.Many of his disciples are prominent figures such as Utamaro Kitagawa, Harumachi Koikawa, Eishosai Choki, and Toyoharu Utagawa, and later they have grown significantly as ukiyo-e artists and gesaku artists.The youkai art book "Gazu Hyakki Yakou", which was published as a printed book in Anei 5 (1776), gained high praise, and three years later, in Anei 8 (1779), it was a sequel to "Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki". Published. After that, in Anei 10 (1780), "Konjaku Hyakki Hokoku" was released, and in Tenmei 4 (1784), "Hyakki Takubaku" was released.He died in the 8th year of Tenmei (1788). The graveyard is Komyoji Temple in Motoasakusa, Taito-ku. The name of the law is Toriyama Sekien.Toriyama Sekien became known especially in prints such as "Gazu Hyakki Yakou" published after the middle ages, and became a masterpiece. The youkai paintings drawn by Sekien are not of the kind that Katsushika Hokusai, Toyokuni Utagawa, and Toyohiro Utagawa drew in gōkan and reading books in later years, but rather the kind that unnecessarily arouses the fear and atrocity, such as "Hyakuki Yakou Emaki". It is characterized by a style that invites a smile and strangeness, which has been seen in Yokai Emaki and Akamoto's "Mono-zukuri".
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.He is also widely active as a poet, and writes phrases and pictures in the collection of phrases.Many of his disciples are prominent figures such as Utamaro Kitagawa, Harumachi Koikawa, Eishosai Choki, and Toyoharu Utagawa, and later they have grown significantly as ukiyo-e artists and gesaku artists.The youkai art book "Gazu Hyakki Yakou", which was published as a printed book in Anei 5 (1776), gained high praise, and three years later, in Anei 8 (1779), it was a sequel to "Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki". Published. After that, in Anei 10 (1780), "Konjaku Hyakki Hokoku" was released, and in Tenmei 4 (1784), "Hyakki Takubaku" was released.He died in the 8th year of Tenmei (1788). The graveyard is Komyoji Temple in Motoasakusa, Taito-ku. The name of the law is Toriyama Sekien.Toriyama Sekien became known especially in prints such as "Gazu Hyakki Yakou" published after the middle ages, and became a masterpiece. The youkai paintings drawn by Sekien are not of the kind that Katsushika Hokusai, Toyokuni Utagawa, and Toyohiro Utagawa drew in gōkan and reading books in later years, but rather the kind that unnecessarily arouses the fear and atrocity, such as "Hyakuki Yakou Emaki". It is characterized by a style that invites a smile and strangeness, which has been seen in Yokai Emaki and Akamoto's "Mono-zukuri".Sekien's youkai paintings have had a lot of influence on posterity painters, and works by Sekien are often used as they are as a design to show the "youkai" itself.
Toriyama Sekien (Sekien Toriyama, 2nd year of Shotoku (1712) --- August 23, 1788 (September 22, 1788) was a painter and ukiyo-e artist in the middle of the Edo period. Known to the world.Born around the second year of Shotoku (1712). His surname is Sano, and his surname is Toyofusa. The character is unknown. They are called Funatsukido, Reiryo-dong, Tamakiken, and Tsukimado.It is said that he was a master painter after studying painting with Chikanobu Kano (cf. cf.) and Tamaya as a Kano school student, but there are many unclear points. Haiku was a master of Toryusai Yanshi.The main painting industry is the amount of dedication such as hand-drawn works (bijin-ga, etc.), "Omori Hikoshichizu" by Kishimojin (Zoshigaya, Tokyo), and "Kagesei Jailbreaking Figure" by En'yuji Temple (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture). It was something like that. He gained a reputation for using the portrait of a Kabuki actor in the picture of the dedication amount. Although regarded as one of the ukiyo-e artists, most of the Nishiki-e works (single paintings) that have been printed as bijin-ga or actor paintings have not been confirmed, and many of them are printed books. It is said that it was Ishiyan's art book "Toriyamahiko" (also known as "Ishiyan Gafu", 1774) that invented the technique of "wiping blur" used in ukiyo-e prints and used it for the first time in prints.He is also widely active as a poet, and writes phrases and pictures in the collection of phrases.Many of his disciples are prominent figures such as Utamaro Kitagawa, Harumachi Koikawa, Eishosai Choki, and Toyoharu Utagawa, and later they have grown significantly as ukiyo-e artists and gesaku artists.The youkai art book "Gazu Hyakki Yakou", which was published as a printed book in Anei 5 (1776), gained high praise, and three years later, in Anei 8 (1779), it was a sequel to "Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki". Published. After that, in Anei 10 (1780), "Konjaku Hyakki Hokoku" was released, and in Tenmei 4 (1784), "Hyakki Takubaku" was released.He died in the 8th year of Tenmei (1788). The graveyard is Komyoji Temple in Motoasakusa, Taito-ku. The name of the law is Toriyama Sekien.Toriyama Sekien became known especially in prints such as "Gazu Hyakki Yakou" published after the middle ages, and became a masterpiece. The youkai paintings drawn by Sekien are not of the kind that Katsushika Hokusai, Toyokuni Utagawa, and Toyohiro Utagawa drew in gōkan and reading books in later years, but rather the kind that unnecessarily arouses the fear and atrocity, such as "Hyakuki Yakou Emaki". It is characterized by a style that invites a smile and strangeness, which has been seen in Yokai Emaki and Akamoto's "Mono-zukuri".Sekien's youkai paintings have had a lot of influence on posterity painters, and works by Sekien are often used as they are as a design to show the "youkai" itself.The image of youkai in Japan or Japanese after the Showa era is largely based on the manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, but Mizuki himself often interviewed Sekien's paintings, and one of the youkai envisioned by the Japanese is Shigeru Mizuki. Even after that, it is still largely occupied by Sekien's writings.