Tsuchida Bakusen

Japanese painter. Born in Sado, Niigata Prefecture. His real name was Kinji. In 1903 (Meiji 36), he moved to Kyoto and became a pupil of Suzuki Shonen. The following year, he studied under Takeuchi Seihō and lived in the Takeuchi household. In 1909, he entered the separate department of Kyoto Municipal Painting College, which had opened that same year. Other students in the department included Ono Chikukyo and Nonagase Banka, while Murakami Kagaku and Sakakibara Shiho were in the main department. While a student, he helped found Chat Noir and Le Masque, and graduated from the school in 1911. In 1908, he entered "Punishment" at the 2nd Bunten Exhibition, where he won third prize, and by the 11th Exhibition, he exhibited works such as "Hair" (1911), "Island Woman" (1912), and "Oharame" (1915). In 1918 (Taisho 7), he formed the Kokuga Creation Association with Kagaku, Chikukyo, and Shiho, and exhibited "Bath Girl" at the first exhibition. After traveling to Europe from 1921 to 1923, he opened a new frontier in Japanese painting by exhibiting works such as "Maiko and Forest Fountain" (1924), "Oharame" (1927), and "Morning Glories" (1928), until the Association was dissolved in 1928 (Showa 3). After the Association was dissolved, he returned to the Teiten Exhibition, and became a judge in 1930, and a member of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in 1934. He died in Kyoto. Sannankai, an art school that he opened in 1923, produced such artists as Toyoshiro Fukuda, Eigetsu Kitazawa, and Hitoshi Komatsu. The philosopher Kyoson Tsuchida was his younger brother.

[Mitsuru Nikaido]

"Takeo Uchiyama Commentary: Complete Collection of Contemporary Japanese Art 4: Bakusen Tsuchida and Others" (1972, Shueisha)

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日本画家。新潟県佐渡に生まれる。本名金二。1903年（明治36）京都に出て鈴木松年(しょうねん)の門に入り、翌年から竹内栖鳳(せいほう)に師事して竹内家に起居する。09年、その年に開設された京都市立絵画専門学校の別科に入学。同科に小野竹喬(ちくきょう)、野長瀬晩花(のながせばんか)、また本科に村上華岳(かがく)、榊原紫峰(さかきばらしほう)らがいた。在学中に黒猫会（シャ・ノワール）、仮面会（ル・マスク）の結成に加わり、11年に同校を卒業。08年の第2回文展に『罰』を出品して三等賞を受け、第11回展まで『髪』（1911）、『島の女』（1912）、『大原女(おはらめ)』（1915）などを発表。18年（大正7）には華岳、竹喬、紫峰らと国画創作協会を結成して第1回展に『湯女(ゆな)』を出品。21～23年のヨーロッパ旅行を挟んで、協会の解散する28年（昭和3）まで、『舞妓林泉(ぶぎりんせん)図』（1924）、『大原女』（1927）、『朝顔』（1928）などを発表して日本画に新生面を開いた。協会解散後は帝展に復帰し、30年に審査員、34年には帝国美術院会員。京都で没。1923年に開いた画塾山南会(さんなんかい)からは福田豊四郎(とよしろう)、北沢映月(えいげつ)、小松均(ひとし)らが出た。哲学者土田杏村(きょうそん)はその弟。

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『内山武夫解説『現代日本美術全集4　土田麦僊他』（1972・集英社）』

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