Sodosha

A Western painting group in the Taisho period. It was founded in 1915 (Taisho 4) with its first exhibition being held by the Contemporary Art Society, led by Kishida Ryusei, and disbanded after its 9th exhibition in 1922. In addition to Ryusei, other members included Kimura Shohachi, Seimiya Hitoshi, Tsubaki Sadao, Nakagawa Kazumasa, Yokobori Kakujiro, and later Kono Michisei. The group's style was dominated by Ryusei's, who was devoted to Scandinavian Renaissance at the time, and was characterized by dark tones and detailed depictions, which stood in clear contrast to the modernism of the Nika school. This Sodosha-style realism was closely related to the humanitarianism of the literary magazine Shirakaba (first published in 1910), and had a great influence on young painters of the time. After the group disbanded, its core members participated as guests in the founding of the Shunyo-kai group, and vestiges of their style can be seen in its early days.

[Eriko Saeki]

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大正期の洋画団体。1915年（大正4）、岸田劉生(りゅうせい)を中心とする現代美術社主催で開かれた展覧会を事実上の第1回展として発足、22年の第9回展を最後に解散。同人に劉生のほか木村荘八(しょうはち)、清宮彬(せいみやひとし)、椿貞雄(つばきさだお)、中川一政(かずまさ)、横堀角次郎(かくじろう)らがおり、のち河野通勢(みちせい)も参加した。会の傾向は、当時北欧ルネサンスに傾倒していた劉生の作風が支配的で、暗い色調と克明な細密描写を特色とし、二科系のモダニズムと明らかな対照を示した。この草土社風の写実は文芸雑誌『白樺(しらかば)』（1910創刊）の人道主義と密接な関係にあり、同時代の青年画家に多大な影響を与えた。解散後、主要メンバーは春陽会創立に客員として参加、初期にはその作風の名残(なごり)が認められる。

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