著者

田邉 咲智

出版者

関西大学大学院東アジア文化研究科

雑誌

東アジア文化交渉研究 = Journal of East Asian cultural interaction studies (ISSN:18827748)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, pp.81-102, 2020-03-31

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Hishida Shunsō (1874-1911) is a Japanese painter who pushed forward the reform of modern Japanese-style painting alongside Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958), among others, at the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute), which was led by Okakura Tenshin 〔Kakuzō〕 (1862-1913). The first experiment they tried for the reform of Japanese painting was the style called "morotai" (the obscure style) . This style is a method of painting that uses shades of color without using outlines to express air and rays of light, etc. However, morotai failed to receive recognition inside Japan as it was criticized for its murky colors, unclear expression, and especially the elimination of traditional ink lines. While the style continued to attract criticism in Japan, Shunsō and Taikan joined Tenshin to travel to various parts of Europe and the United States between 1904 and 1905. They held exhibitions in the United States, Britain, and France and presented their style directly to Western audiences. Surprisingly, these audiences gave the morotai style the same recognition as that given to the style of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Against this background, this paper will examine the travels Shunsō and Taikan made to study in the West, and examine their works while considering the influences acting between their works and Western painting. The paper will also examine why the style of morotai achieved the same recognition in the West as that of Whistler.