Kubota Beisen

Kubota Beisen
Born (1852-03-15)March 15, 1852
 Japan, Yamashiro Province
Died May 19, 1906(1906-05-19) (aged 54)
Nationality Japanese
Education Suzuki Hyakunen
Known for Nihonga, pictorial
In this Japanese name, the family name is Kubota.

Kubota Beisen (久保田 米僊, 1852 – May 19, 1906) was a Japanese artist and art instructor in the Meiji period.

Although his style remained recognisably Japanese, his knowledge of Western principles and methods is also reflected in his work.[1] Beisen trained under Suzuki Hyakunen (1825–1891).[2] The way in which he integrated Western perspective and techniques in his work was a self-taught skill.

Career

Kubota was a teacher at the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting, which was founded in 1878 by Kubota and others.[1] Among his colleagues in establishing the school was the artist Kōno Bairei (1844–95).[2]

A view of the Japanese Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 by Kubota, who was in Chicago as "artist-correspondent" for a Tokyo newspaper

War artist

As war artist for Kokumin Shimbun, he accompanied the Japanese army at the time of the war with China in 1894 through 1895.[1] His vivid illustrations of battlefield scenes of the First Sino-Japanese War were wildly distributed in the Japanese population.

When Kubota returned from the front, he was summoned to General Headquarters where he was ordered to create drawings in the presence of the Emperor.[1]

Kubota's artwork was published in Nisshin Sentou Gahou (A Pictorial Record of the Sino-Japanese War). The eleven volumes were published at irregular intervals between October 1894 and June 1895. The volumes are a visual chronicle of the war, beginning with the outbreak of hostilities in the summer of 1894.[3] Kubota created images of Japan's sea-victories. He also published a visual account of Japan's advance into Manchuria. The peace treaty signed between Japan and China was also illustrated as part of this series of drawings.[3]

Selected works

Kubota's published work in Japanese is encompassed in 24 works in 25 publications in 53 library holdings.[4] His one work in English was published in six editions and is found in 84 libraries worldwide.[5]

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Honors

See also

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Diósy, Arthur. (1900). The New Far East, p. xvii., p. xvii, at Google Books
  2. 1 2 British Museum, Kubota Beisen and others
  3. 1 2 Nisshin Sentou Gahou (A Pictorial Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
  4. ↑ WorldCat Identities: 久保田米僊 1852-1906
  5. ↑ WorldCat, Beisen, Kubota 1852-
  6. 1 2 Tokutomi, Ichiro et al. (1896). The Far East: an Exponent of Japanese Thoughts and Affairs, Vol. 1, p. 29., p. 29, at Google Books

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