Sakaguchi Issō
Peach Tree, 1936
Two-panel folding screen; ink, mineral colors, and gold wash on paper
Size 73¼ x 68½ in. (186 x 174 cm)
T-4410
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Further images
Signed at lower right Issō with seal Issō Comes with a fitted wooden tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Kōtō Seiryūsha Daihachikai tenrankai shuppin Shōwa jūichinen hachigatsu saku Issō jidai...
Signed at lower right Issō with seal Issō
Comes with a fitted wooden tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Kōtō Seiryūsha Daihachikai tenrankai shuppin Shōwa jūichinen hachigatsu saku Issō jidai (Peaches, made for the Eighth Exhibition of the Seiryūsha, August 1936, inscribed by Issō)
Born in Osaka, Sakaguchi Issō (birth name: Masajirō) was encouraged to take up painting by friends including Takeuchi Mimei and mastered the basic skills under Fujita Shiu. In 1918 he moved to Tokyo and supported himself by doing menial jobs such as newspaper delivery while attending the Taiheiyōgakai Kenkyūjo (Pacific Painting Institute) and later studying with Kawabata Ryūshi (1885–1966). He first exhibited at the Inten (Japan Art Institute) in 1927 but resigned from the Institute in 1928 along with Kawabata and helped to set up the Seiryūsha, a grouping whose goal was the promotion of Japanese-style painting. During the 1930s he helped decorate some of the rooms at the Meguro Gajoen entertainment complex in Tokyo. He showed regularly with the Seiryūsha for many years until he fell out with Kawabata in 1950. After participating in the Nitten official national salon from 1950 to 1952, in 1959 he set up his own association the Seienkai and showed at its exhibitions every year until its dissolution in 1982. He became a member of the Nihongain in 1975.
Comes with a fitted wooden tomobako storage box inscribed and signed Kōtō Seiryūsha Daihachikai tenrankai shuppin Shōwa jūichinen hachigatsu saku Issō jidai (Peaches, made for the Eighth Exhibition of the Seiryūsha, August 1936, inscribed by Issō)
Born in Osaka, Sakaguchi Issō (birth name: Masajirō) was encouraged to take up painting by friends including Takeuchi Mimei and mastered the basic skills under Fujita Shiu. In 1918 he moved to Tokyo and supported himself by doing menial jobs such as newspaper delivery while attending the Taiheiyōgakai Kenkyūjo (Pacific Painting Institute) and later studying with Kawabata Ryūshi (1885–1966). He first exhibited at the Inten (Japan Art Institute) in 1927 but resigned from the Institute in 1928 along with Kawabata and helped to set up the Seiryūsha, a grouping whose goal was the promotion of Japanese-style painting. During the 1930s he helped decorate some of the rooms at the Meguro Gajoen entertainment complex in Tokyo. He showed regularly with the Seiryūsha for many years until he fell out with Kawabata in 1950. After participating in the Nitten official national salon from 1950 to 1952, in 1959 he set up his own association the Seienkai and showed at its exhibitions every year until its dissolution in 1982. He became a member of the Nihongain in 1975.
Exhibitions
Asia Week New York 2019 Mar