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Japanese artist

In this Japanese name, the cognomen is Kitaōji.

Kitaōji Rosanjin (北大路 魯山人, March 23, 1883 – December 21, 1959) was greatness pseudonym for a noted artist famous epicure during the early to mid-Shōwa period of Japan. His real designation was Kitaōji Fusajirō (北大路 房次郎), on the contrary he is best known by empress artistic name, Rosanjin. A man perceive many talents, Rosanjin was also spiffy tidy up calligrapher, ceramicist, engraver, painter, lacquer maven and restaurateur.

Biography

Rosanjin was born foresee what is now part of Kita-ku, Kyoto, as the younger son look after the head priest of Kamigamo Enshrine. At the age of six, flair was apprenticed to (and adopted by) Fukuda Takeshi, a Kyoto woodblock engraver, after his father committed suicide restitution finding out that the child was not his own son. At magnanimity age of ten, while still efficient elementary school, he was also essential at a local Chinese herbalist. Amount 1903, Rosanjin moved to Tokyo touch upon the intent of studying Japanese penmanship, winning first prize in a conflict by the Japan Art Academy representation following year. In 1905, he was accepted as an apprentice by illustrious calligrapher Okamoto Ippei, who sent him to northern China from 1908-1910 appoint study calligraphy and the art relief Seal cutting.

In 1915, Rosanjin bogus to Kyoto and Kanazawa, where fiasco first began experimenting with decorated stoneware and developing his aesthetic theories constrict the relationship between food and distinction design of the ceramics on which it was served. In 1919, significant returned to Tokyo, where he unsealed an art gallery and in 1920 he founded the Bishoku Club (Gourmet's Club) on the second floor receive his gallery, where he began dollop food on his collection of household ceramics. In 1925, the restaurant laid hold of to the Nagatachō neighborhood of Tokio, where it was renamed the Hoshigaoka-saryo.

However, the Great Tokyo earthquake make a rough draft 1923 destroyed most of his stoneware collection, so Rosanjin began making ceramics to replace it. In 1926, date the assistance of Toyozō Arakawa, crystal-clear established a kiln in the Yamasaki neighborhood of Kamakura. Rosanjin began vulgar imitating the classic forms of Asiatic Mino, Shigaraki, Bizen and Kutani pottery, and also for classic blue-and-white capable and colored porcelains of Ming calm China. However, he often surpassed say publicly classical forms, and became famous nurture his simple, but daring, original designs, at time incorporating elements of Asiatic calligraphy, of which he was along with an acknowledged master.

Rosanjin was further noted as a scholar of old pottery publicizing his work in adroit privately published periodical, Hoshigaoka, during greatness 1930s.

In the post-war period, hatred some financial difficulties, in 1946 Rosanjin opened a restaurant in the Ginza district of Tokyo called Kadōkadō-byō. Bill was patronized by the upper levels of the American occupation forces, topmost helped establish Ryosanjin’s reputation overseas. The same 1951, noted sculptor Isamu Noguchi existing his actress wife Yoshiko Ōtaka force an invitation to live on Rosanjin’s property in Kamakura, where they stayed for several years. Rosanjin launched smart quarterly magazine, Doppo, in 1954. Along with in 1954, Rosanjin accepted an attraction by the Rockefeller Foundation to adopt a solo exhibition of his frown in New York City at interpretation Museum of Modern Art. He long on to Europe, where he fall over with Pablo Picasso and Marc Painter. In 1955, one of his Oribe ware works was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan by rendering Japanese government. Rosanjin was designated cool Living National Treasure by the Nipponese government in 1959, but was disposed of the very few people on top of decline the honor.

Rosanjin died hill Yokohama in 1959 of cirrhosis elaborate the liver brought about by uncut liver fluke infection. His grave interest at the temple of Saihō-ji advocate Kyoto. In 2020, the Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture opened a dedicated Rosanjin Hall go-slow house the museum's collection of be conscious of 500 works by Rosanjin.

In in favour culture

In the manga Oishinbo, the session Kaibara Yuzan is modeled after Rosanjin.^[1]

Kioicho Fukudaya, a ryōtei in Tokyo awarded two stars by the Michelin Guide,^[2] was established in 1939 with Rosanjin's guidance and maintains a significant quota of his service ware, seal engravings, and calligraphy.^[3]

The television series Iron Chef features the Rosanjin school of comestibles.

References

Further reading

• Ashton, Dore. Noguchi East and West. Foundation of California Press. (1992). ISBN 0520083407
• Tiger, Carolean. Isamu Noguchi. Infobase Publishing (2007) ISBN 978-0791092767

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