Tobari Kogan

Japanese: 戸張孤雁 - とばりこがん

Born: February 19, 1882, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
[Died] December 9, 1927. Tokyo sculptor. Real name Kamekichi. Maiden name Shimura, later changed surname to Tobari family, his mother's family home. In 1901, he went to the United States to study Western painting, and studied drawing, oil painting, and illustration at the National Academy of Fine Arts, where he met Ogiwara Morie and became interested in sculpture. In 1906, he returned to Japan due to tuberculosis. He worked to popularize Western-style illustrations, and illustrated Tokutomi Roka's collection of essays, Nature and Life. In 1910, he joined the sculpture department of the Taiheiyo Gakai Institute, and exhibited Onago at the 4th Bunten Exhibition in the same year. He continued to exhibit at Bunten exhibitions after that, but in 1916, he transferred to the sculpture department of the Reorganized Japan Art Academy (→ Japan Art Academy), and became a member in 1917. He was active as a representative artist of the Inten exhibition, along with Nakahara Teijiro and others. His flowing flesh that intelligently incorporates light and shadow was highly praised. In 1918, he participated in the founding of the Japan Creative Print Association with Yamamoto Kanae and Oda Kazuma, and was active in a wide range of fields. His major works include "Footwork" (1914, Tokyo National Museum), "Nothingness" (1920, Mie Prefectural Art Museum), "Sparkling Jealousy" (1924, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art), and the print "Riding a Ball" (1914).

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Japanese:

[生]1882.2.19. 東京，日本橋
[没]1927.12.9. 東京
彫刻家。本名亀吉。旧姓志村，のち母の生家戸張家を継ぎ改姓。1901年洋画研究のためアメリカ合衆国へ渡り，美術学校のナショナル・アカデミーで素描，油絵，挿絵を学び，同アカデミーで荻原守衛を知り彫刻にひかれる。1906年結核のため帰国。洋風挿絵の普及に努め，徳冨蘆花の随筆小品集『自然と人生』の挿絵を描くなどした。1910年太平洋画会研究所彫塑部に入り，同 1910年第4回文展に『をなご』を出品。以後文展に出品を続けたが 1916年再興日本美術院（→日本美術院）彫刻部に転じ，1917年同人となる。中原悌二郎らとともに院展を代表する作家として活躍。その光と影を知的に取り入れた流れるような肉づけは高く評価された。1918年に山本鼎，織田一磨らと日本創作版画協会の結成に参加，幅広く活躍した。主要作品に『足芸』（1914，東京国立博物館），『虚無』（1920，三重県立美術館），『煌めく嫉妬』（1924，東京国立近代美術館），版画『玉乗り』（1914）など。

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