著者
鶴田 武良
雑誌
美術研究 = The bijutsu kenkiu : the journal of art studies
巻号頁・発行日
no.384, pp.48-78, 2004-11-12

“Research on the History of Chinese Painting of the Past 100 Years - VII,” published in No. 383 of this journal, introduced the Chûnichi Kaiga Rengő Tenrankai exhibitions jointly organized by Japan and China for a total of five exhibitions between 1921 and 1929. The article discussed the chronology and process of the organization and execution of the exhibitions, and discussed the evaluation of Nihonga paintings in China. In terms of catalogues of works exhibited in these five exhibitions, there are type-set catalogues for the First and Second exhibitions, bound into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs records, Tenrankai kankei zakken, vol. 1 [Miscellaneous items related to exhibitions], in the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A pamphlet-sized catalogue was produced for the Beijing venue of the 3rd exhibition, and a single sheet catalogue was distributed at the Shanghai venue of the 3rd exhibition. A single sheet catalogue was printed for each of the 4th exhibition venues in Tokyo and Osaka. The 5th exhibition was held at Shanghai and Dalian venues, with a pamphlet catalogue of Chinese paintings and a single sheet catalogue of Japanese paintings published for the Shanghai venue. A single pamphlet catalogue recording both Chinese and Japanese paintings was produced for the Dalian venue. These various catalogues are important reference materials regarding the state of affairs of the Chinese painting circles of the early Zhonghua Minguo (Republic of China) period, and are also extremely rare documents recording one extreme of the market for paintings during that period. However no organization in Japan has original copies of all of these catalogues. Those extant are scattered amongst the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. The dearth of extant originals of these publications makes viewing of the actual materials difficult. Thus, this issue presents the exhibition catalogues for all five exhibitions. The data elements from some of the catalogues have been rearranged, and a consecutive numbering system has been added, but with those exceptions, the original data and contents of the catalogues have been fully reproduced. Please see the notes section at the end of each catalogue listing regarding the physical format and bibliographic information for each catalogue.