Tsuji Kakō
Illustration — Grasshopper on flowering plant • Illustration — Rooster and hen Tsuji Kakō (1870 in Kyoto – 1931) was a Japanese painter, trained by Kōno Bairei both in the Maruyama and Shijō schools of painting. His Zen training, which he started in 1899, influenced much of his painting style and led to his name being associated with the unconventional. Kakō became one of the leading figures of the Shijō and Maruyama movements, with Takeuchi Seihō, Kikuchi Hōbun, Taniguchi Kōkyō and Yamamoto Shunkyo.
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Tsuji Kakō
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- Born
- 1870 · Kyoto.
- Died
- 1931
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Teachers
- Kōno Bairei
- Honours
- Order of the Sacred Treasure and 6th class
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Illustration — Grasshopper on flowering plant • Illustration — Rooster and hen Tsuji Kakō (1870 in Kyoto – 1931) was a Japanese painter, trained by Kōno Bairei both in the Maruyama and Shijō schools of painting. His Zen training, which he started in 1899, influenced much of his painting style and led to his name being associated with the unconventional. Kakō became one of the leading figures of the Shijō and Maruyama movements, with Takeuchi Seihō, Kikuchi Hōbun, Taniguchi Kōkyō and Yamamoto Shunkyo.
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Because of his individual approach and his refusal to be politically correct, Kakō's work never acquired the same appeal and cachet as that of his contemporaries. In the last ten years of the Meiji era, Kakō became preoccupied with the study of waves, his style breaking with tradition and becoming highly idiosyncratic. During this period Kakō also experimented with the use of colour. His lack of conformity adversely affected his popularity; even so his work came in for scrutiny and critical commentary in many contemporary articles.
Training under Kōno Bairei is recorded. Work by Tsuji Kakō is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Print Collection. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Sacred Treasure, 6th class.
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1870
Tsuji Kakō born at Kyoto.
1931
Tsuji Kakō died.
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Tsuji Kakō received Order of the Sacred Treasure, 6th class. Recorded as having received Order of the Sacred Treasure, 6th class.
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