菊川京三の仕事(栃木県立美術館) Works of Kikukawa Kyozo (Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art)



明治22年に創刊された、日本初の本格的な美術研究誌『國華』の複製図板を手掛けていた、菊川京三の仕事を紹介する展覧会。

菊川京三は、日本画家を目指していたが、大正10年に知人の勧めで國華社に入社して、生涯そこで働いた。

An exhibition that introduces the work of Kyozo Kikukawa, who was working on the reproduction board of Japan's first full-scale art research magazine "Kokuka" that was first published in 1890.

Kyozo Kikukawa was aiming to be a Japanese painter, but he joined Kokukasha in the Taisho era at the recommendation of an acquaintance and worked there throughout his life.


正直に言えば、菊川京三のことはあまり興味がなくて、『國華』の歴史について知ることができたら、というのが来場の目的だった。

しかし、それまで写真だとばっかり思っていた伊藤若冲、与謝蕪村、北斎などの『國華』の図版が、ほとんど菊川京三の筆になるものと知って、とても驚かされた。

To be honest, I wasn't really interested in Kyozo Kikugawa, so the purpose of my visit was to learn about the history of Kokuka.

However, I was very surprised to learn that the illustrations of "Kokuka" by Jakuchu Ito, Kaoru Yosah, Hokusai, etc., which I had always thought to be photographs, became the brushes of Kyozo Kikukawa.

(Translated by Google Translate)

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