130th Anniversary Takehisa Yumeji and Bell Epoch (Nihonbashi Takashimaya)

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Unique exhibited side by side painters of the Belle Epoque, such as Toulouse-Lautrec and Yumeji Takehisa, exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya.

Speaking of Takehisa Yumeji, it is known as a painter drew a Ge ephemeral, a woman who Innovation wishy-washy, but in this exhibition, we were able to catch a glimpse, a different aspect of a dream two.

Prefer the appearance of a dream that two different than say, you do not the same as is generally known, it might be a dream of two real.

Yumeji, was born in Okayama in 1884, and moved to Tokyo in Tokyo, to learn painting, was alternating current Fujishima Takeji, Okada Saburo Kinoshita Tojiro, Ryuko Kawabata et al.

After he debuted as an illustrator who, refering to such composition of painters of France such as Vu~iyaru and Lautrec, and was drawing a variety of interpolation.

Eventually, the female image of unique painted and Tamaki to be a wife, a variety of lovers then is to call a great response, it was decided that dictate the image of the painter named Yumeji Takehisa.

On the other hand, two dreams, had also longing such as Yosa Buson, to the world of so-called literati painting.

Yumeji that write the waka poetry and himself, depicts many, many, works that drew such a landscape painting and poetry in the hanging scroll.

The venue, folding screen picture is also exhibited several points, I was able to more than enough enjoy the world of dreams as the sum of the two.

In the world of design, Yumeji has left such as the design of Chiyogami decorated with beautiful flowers, the work fascinating.

He was also planning to establish a company that you can create in the Nihonbashi design shop that was designed himself, is dedicated to design, but unfortunately, the latter did not stick to rowing until realized.

Over eight years from 1931, and went to Europe to study art, but fell ill after returning home, and passed away in 1934, in 1934,.

Western painting, illustrator, design, etc. literati painting. In the short life of about just 50 years, Takehisa Yumeji that showed the activities too colorful.

In this exhibition, even just saw the end of the works of Yumeji, and worthy to be called a great artist.

Be appreciated, the artist called Yumeji Takehisa, we are not able to still.