《Seafood》 - Umino Sachi

…In 1903, he exhibited works such as “Yomotsu Hirasaka” based on the “Kojiki” at the 8th Hakuba-kai Exhibition, and won the 1st Hakuba-kai Award. In 1904, he graduated from Tokyo Fine Arts School, and in the summer of that year, he went on a sketching trip to Mera Beach in Chiba Prefecture with Morita Tsunetomo, Sakamoto Hanjiro, and Fukuda Taneru, and produced several seascapes that were influenced by Monet, as well as “Seafood,” which became not only Aoki’s masterpiece but also the culmination of Meiji Romanticism painting. In that year, he also produced fantastic masterpieces that were heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, such as “Pleasure” and “Tempyo Period,” inspired by ancient Japan, making it the most productive year of Aoki’s life. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Seafood" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1903年第8回白馬会展に，《古事記》に取材した《黄泉比良坂（よもつひらさか）》などを出品し，第1回白馬会賞を受賞。04年東京美術学校を卒業，この年の夏，森田恒友，坂本繁二郎，福田たねらと千葉県布良（めら）海岸に写生旅行し，モネの影響を思わせる数点の海景と，青木繁の代表作となったばかりでなく，明治ロマン主義絵画の絶頂ともいえる《海の幸》を制作した。またこの年には日本古代に想を得た《享楽》《天平時代》などラファエル前派の影響が色濃い幻想的な秀作も描かれ，青木の生涯で最も豊饒な年となった。…

※「《海の幸》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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