...Bronze casting techniques have been developed since ancient times, and there are excellent works of Buddhist sculpture in Japan, but the term "copper statue" was only used after the Meiji period. The Italian Ragusa, who came to Japan in 1876 as a teacher when the Kobu Bijutsu Gakko opened, introduced Western-style sculpture techniques to Japan. One of his students, Okuma Ujihiro (1856-1934), was commissioned to create the "Statue of Omura Masujiro," which is still at Yasukuni Shrine. Okuma began working on the prototype in 1883, but went to Italy to study bronze statue making, and it was not completed until 1893. ... *Some of the terminology used in reference to "Portrait of Omura Masujiro" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…青銅の鋳造技術は古くから発達し,日本でも仏像彫刻などにすぐれた作品があるが,銅像という名称が使われたのは明治以後である。日本に洋風彫刻術をもたらしたのは,1876年工部美術学校開設のとき教師として来日したイタリア人ラグーザであるが,その門下生であった大熊氏広(1856‐1934)が,現在も靖国神社にある《大村益次郎像》制作の依頼をうけた。大熊は83年原型制作に着手したが,銅像制作研究のためイタリアに留学し,完成したのは93年であった。… ※「《大村益次郎像》」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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