Shibata Zeshin

Hello from Shukado.

Today we will write about Shibata Zeshin.

Shibata Zeshin was a famous and revolutionary Japanese lacquerer and painter  of the late Edo period and early Meiji era.
As its  extreme modernizm, his works were not understood sufficiently in Japan at that time.
Instead, Zeshin has come to be well regarded and much studied among the art world of the West, in England and the United States in particular.
So in the West there were a lot of collectors of Zeshin for example  Catherine and Thomas Edison Collection .

Zeshin was born and raised in Edo. His father Ichigoro were shrine carpenters (miyadaiku) and skilled wood carvers.
When he was eleven, he begin to learn lacquer from Koma Kansai.
And at age 13, he started to study the painting of Shijo school to
get skill of drawing.

Zeshin provided works to the royal family of Japan for many years, and in 1890 he was named “Imperial Household Artist.”

This is hanging scroll of Zeshin.

                                       "Gavel and Fishig Rod"  Shibata Zeshin

                                                                            (part)

If you are interested in Zeshin, we reccomend to go to Nezu museum in Tokyo.
Now the exhibition of Shibata Zeshin is run there.

Nezu museum is  famous for its excellent art collections including a lot of national treasures.

And you can enjoy autumn color of leaves at its garden.

Art Taipei 2012

Hello from Shukado.

Today we are going to write about the art fair that we participate.

Art Taipei 2012 will be held from November 9th to 12th.

150 galleries are participating. In fact 136 out of 150 is from Asia.

So literally it is one of the art fair which represent Asian art fair.

We will exhibit the works of Ikenaga Yasunari, Abe Kiyoko, Okamoto Toko.

 

This is a photo which the president of Shukado took at the booth 30minuite before.

 

If you have chance to visit Taipei, please drop in the fair!