Hishida Shunso: A Retrospective (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)

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Tokyo, large-scale retrospective of Hishida Shunso which was held at the National Museum of Modern Art Takebashi.

Deciduous, black cat, such as Kikujidoh, people serving works are on display.

However, this only many of Hishida Shunso who make draw works, is on the verge of 37 years old, had died.

The work called Kikujidoh, by a recent survey, subtly and that it was found that the gold powder is used.

The Kikujidoh, exists but is known as a Noh play, which by the mysterious power, got a life of immortality.

Hishida Shunso, the more you do not know If you do not do scientific research, using a small amount of gold dust, which make up the fantastic world.

The epic that representative defoliate the Hishida Shunso, some version exists.

Hishida Shunso is, in their various versions of the work, trees of placement, spatial spread of fallen leaves spread on the ground, the position of the bird, have tried such as color and brightness.

This work called deciduous, although clearly aware of the pine forest view folding screen of Tohaku Hasegawa, in its color and how to draw, techniques of Western painting of perspective has been used.

His life as a painter was only about 20 years, Hishida Shunso is, literally, was a repetition of the experiment.

In the experiment for being great, this painter, might have already become great.

Last year, was held at the Yokohama Museum of Art, Taikan Yokoyama Exhibition, Kanzan Shimomura Exhibition. And, it was not a student of Tenshin Okakura, was held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Seiho Takeuchi Exhibition.

In this two years, it is possible to see this four exhibitions, traditional Japanese paintings, in a large history of the flow of the Meiji Restoration, how to absorb the Western painting techniques, survived how , and were able to directly experience.

Even so, after I have seen the number of works of Shunso Hishida, a little longer, to mean not wishing I wanted him to live, and is, absolutely, it did not.