Murakami Kagaku

Japanese painter. Real name Shinichi. Born in Osaka. After studying at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, he graduated from the Kyoto Private Painting School in 1909 (Meiji 42), where he studied under Takeuchi Seihō. His contemporaries included Sakakibara Shihō, Irie Hakō, Tsuchida Bakusen, and Ono Chikukyō. His graduation work, Around February, received a commendation at the 5th Bunten Exhibition. At the 10th Bunten Exhibition in 1916 (Taishō 5), his work Amida no Zu was selected for the special prize. In 1918, he formed the Kokuga Sosaku Kyokai with Bakusen and Chikukyō, advocating unique expression, bringing a breath of fresh air to the art world. One of his representative works, "Hidakagawa Kiyohimezu" (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), was included in the second exhibition. However, around 1946, he began to suffer from asthma, and he retreated from the art world, immersing himself in his work in solitude. In "Nude" (Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1940), he attempted to blend sensuality with religion, but thereafter he produced many Buddhist and landscape paintings, progressing to a unique, highly contemplative state of painting. Other representative works include "Cherry Blossoms at Night," "Autumn Willows," "Prince Prince Meditating Under a Tree," and "Standing Statue of Kannon Bodhisattva." He also published "Art Theory" (1941). He died in Kobe.

[Minoru Harada]

"Murakami Kagaku Art Collection" (1984, Nihon Keizai Shimbun) "Murakami Kagaku's "Antiquarian Collection" and "Art Theory, New Edition" (1968, 1977, Chuokoron Bijutsu Shuppan) " "Kawakita Michiaki's "Murakami Kagaku" (1969, Chuokoron Bijutsu Shuppan)

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日本画家。本名震一。大阪市生まれ。京都市立美術工芸学校専攻科を経て京都私立絵画専門学校を1909年（明治42）に卒業、竹内栖鳳(せいほう)に師事。同期に榊原紫峰(さかきばらしほう)、入江波光(はこう)、土田麦僊(ばくせん)、小野竹喬(ちくきょう)らがいる。卒業制作『二月の頃(ころ)』は第5回文展で褒状を受けた。16年（大正5）の第10回文展で『阿弥陀之図(あみだのず)』が特選。18年に麦僊、竹喬らと個性的な表現を標榜(ひょうぼう)して国画創作協会を結成、画界に新風を送った。代表作の一つ『日高河清姫図(ひだかがわきよひめず)』（東京国立近代美術館）はその第2回展への出品作である。しかし21年ごろから喘息(ぜんそく)が始まり、画壇から離れて引きこもり、孤独のうちに制作に没頭した。20年の『裸婦』（東京・山種(やまたね)美術館）では官能性と宗教性の融和が図られているが、以後仏画や山水画が多く制作され、思惟(しい)性の強い独自の画境へ進んでいった。ほかに『夜桜之図』『秋柳図』『太子樹下禅那図(たいしじゅかぜんなず)』『観世音菩薩(かんぜおんぼさつ)立尊像』などが代表作。また著書に『画論』（1941）がある。神戸に没。

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『『村上華岳画集』（1984・日本経済新聞社）』▽『村上華岳著『反古集』『画論　新装版』（1968、77・中央公論美術出版）』▽『河北倫明著『村上華岳』（1969・中央公論美術出版）』

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