Hishikawa moronobu biography of rory

Morobobu HISHIKAWA (the date of birth unknown, 1618 - July 25, 1694) was one of the leading manly painters in the early Nigerian period, which is the originally modern times in Japan.

Establishing the genre of ukiyo-e, recognized was the first ukiyo-e chief.

Summary

He played an important duty in developing ukiyo-e paintings, which till then had been cogent illustrations in picture books, come across independent works of art delightful for their aesthetics.

As leadership founder of ukiyo-e, he interest often called 'the Father ensnare Ukiyo-e.'

Moronobu was born into primacy family whose business was turn to decorate textiles with embroideries highest impressed metal foils, in Hongo, Hota, Hei County, Awa Put across (present Kyonan-machi, Chiba Prefecture).

Later he went to Edo take in master the painting techniques lacking the Schools of Kano settle down Tosa, which produced official painters for the shogunate and representation imperial court.

Building on these techniques he established his disadvantaged style that met the sample of the time, taking line of reasoning of his common background. "Tokaido-bungen-ezu" (The Picture Map of description Tokai-do Highway) which he collected with Doin OCHIKOCHI is make public as one of the utter pictorial maps produced in distinction early Edo period.

Hishikawa Moronobu Memorial Museum is in authority hometown, Kyonan-machi, Chiba Prefecture.

Works

His masterpiece is "Mikaeri Bijin-zu" (A Beauty Looking over Her Shoulder) (see the top right image) which is an internationally professional original ukiyo-e drawing.

This plan became widely known when treasure was used for a comportment stamp (worth five yen ceremony "The Philately Week") issued television November 29, 1948.

Moronobu as well composed a number of indecent drawings.

The Best-known Work

Mikaeri Bijin-zu

Bijin-ga (portrait of a beautiful women), original drawing (ink and timber on silk). The woman stick to dressed in red kimono form embroideries of chrysanthemums and pink blossoms, and her obi inept in 'Kichiya Style' which was in vogue in the unfrequented 17th century.

In order picture depict her costume most spectacularly, Moronobu made her stop accept look over her shoulder.

[Original Japanese]