Tōjirō Ohshita - Tōjirō Ohshita

Japanese: 大下藤次郎 - おおした・とうじろう

Year of death: October 10, 1911 (Meiji 44)
Year of birth: 7/9/1870 (8/5/1870)
A watercolor painter of the Meiji period. Born in Tokyo. In 1891, he entered Nakamaru Seijuro's private art school, and in 1892, he was taught by Harada Naojiro. During this time, he became friends with Miyake Katsumi and became familiar with watercolor painting from an early age. In 1894, he decided to specialize in watercolor painting, and in 1896, he went to Australia, and in 1900, he traveled around Europe and the United States, where he invented his own unique "point painting" painting technique. In 1901, he published "Watercolor Guidebook," and thereafter, together with Miyake and others, he created an unprecedented watercolor painting boom. In 1902, he participated in the formation of the Taiheiyo Painting Association. In 1903, he founded the watercolor painting research group Shuncho-kai, launched the magazine Mizue, and worked hard to popularize watercolor painting. His works exhibited at the Bunten exhibition include "At the Foot of Mt. Hotaka" (owned by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).

(Hideo Miwa)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明治44.10.10(1911)
生年：明治3.7.9(1870.8.5)
明治期の水彩画家。東京生まれ。明治24(1891)年中丸精十郎の私画塾に入門,27年には原田直次郎の指導を受け,この間,三宅克己と交友し,早くから水彩画に親しんだ。29年水彩画家専門を決意し,31年オーストラリアへ,35年には欧米を巡遊,独自の「点画」の画法をあみだした。34年『水彩画之栞』を刊行,以後三宅らと共に空前の水彩画ブームをつくりあげた。35年太平洋画会結成に参加。38年には水彩画研究会春鳥会を興し,雑誌『みづゑ』を創刊,水彩画の普及に尽力した。文展出品作に「穂高山の麓」(東京国立近代美術館蔵)などがある。

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