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Kishi Chikudo 岸竹堂

Header: Kishi Chikudo 岸竹堂
Also known as: Kishi Chikudo 岸竹堂; primary name: Kishi Chikudo; 子和: Shiwa
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Kishi School; Shijo School; Maruyama-Shijo School; Japanese; Male
Life dates: 1826-1897
Biography: Painter; third son of the samurai Terai Shigenobu from Hikone in what is now Shiga Prefecture. He first studied drawing and painting under a Kand painter. He was not satisfied with the Kano approach, however, and soon moved on to study with Kishi Renzan (1805-59), who adopted him. Chikudo succeeded Renzan as head of the Kishi school. The Kishi school was distinguished, from its founding by Ganku (1749/56-1838), by its superior paintings of animals, especially the tiger. The school developed a distinctive style of brushwork for the expression of the animal bodies and fur. The style of the Shijo school - which combined the literati style with Okyo's naturalism - was already evident in Ganku's work and suggests some interchange between Keibun and Ganku. The shohekiga at 'Tamada-dera' Temple which Chikudo painted in mid-career serves as further evidence of this theory. These paintings are almost indistinguishable from those of the Shijo school. The technique that the Ganku and Shijo schools share is the 'tsuketate', or a brush technique in which no outlines are used and a tapered wet brush is applied directly to the paper. Lines can be dashed off quickly and both shading and dimensionality can emerge at once.

Museum number: 1981,0702,0.2 |
Producer name: Painted by:Hasegawa Gyokuho 長谷川玉峰Painted by:Maruyama Oryu 円山応立 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan