Nakabayashi Chikuto

A Southern painter from the late Edo period. Born in Nagoya. His given name was Seisho, commonly known as Daisuke, and given the pen name Hakumei, and Takedo was a pen name. He first studied under Nagoya painter Yamada Miyatsune, and later studied under collector Kamiya Tenyu, imitating old paintings and building the foundations of his painting skills. One of his peers was Yamamoto Baiitsu. At the age of 27, he moved to Tokyo with Baiitsu, established himself as a painter, and also studied Confucianism and Japanese classics. He was a theorist, leaving behind many works such as "The Way of Painting Vajrapani" and "Takedo Painting Theory." He excelled in elegant landscape paintings, but they could not help but have a somewhat formal feel. His works include "Shinshu Kikanzu" and "Kujakuzu." His son, Chikukei, was also known as a painter.

[Hoshino Suzu]

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江戸後期の南画家。名古屋の人。名は成昌(せいしょう)、通称を大助、字(あざな)を伯明(はくめい)といい、竹洞はその号。初め名古屋の画家山田宮常につき、のち収集家神谷天遊の下で古画を臨模し画技の基礎をつくりあげる。同輩に山本梅逸(ばいいつ)があった。27歳で梅逸とともに上京、画家として門戸を構え、儒学や国学の研究にも努める。『画道金剛杵(こんごうしょ)』『竹洞画論』など多くの著作を残す理論家肌の人であった。画は瀟洒(しょうしゃ)な山水画を得意としたが、やや形式的な感を免れない。『神州奇観図』『孔雀(くじゃく)図』などの作品がある。また子の竹渓も画家として聞こえた。

［星野　鈴］

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