Inshō Dōmoto

Inshō Dōmoto (堂本 印象, Dōmoto Inshō, December 25, 1891 – September 5, 1975) was a Japanese Nihonga artist.

Biography

His birth name was Sannosuke Dōmoto. At a young age, he started working for Heizo Tatsumura I.[1] At the age of 28, he was exhibited with his work "Landscape of Fukakusa".[2] His 1961 "Symphony" is considered one of his most famous paintings.[3]

Dōmoto painted 600 interior screens and ceilings for Buddhist temples and shrines, amongst them Tōfuku-ji in Kyoto's Higashiyama district.[4] In 1933 he painted the large and vivid "Blue Dragon" ceiling painting for one of the halls. He painted it in 17 days.

He received a commission from the monastery Chishaku-in, that has a garden said to be a favourite of Sen no Rikyū, to paint new sliding doors facing it. "Ladies at Tea" from 1958 shows a more western-style painting of two women enjoying tea. The left side is a woman in kimono, while the lady to the right is in western dress. The four sliding doors were a departure from the traditional style.[5]

Dōmoto received a commission from the temple Hōnen-in for two rooms. Normally the rooms had paintings by the Kano school. Two rooms that he painted in 1971 "Soft breeze approaching" depict the Pure Land. An abstract painting, it shows willows or trees swaying in the wind.[6][7][8][9]

He also designed furoshiki fabrics. Initially they were of designs that did not use much colour, but as the colour dying techniques evolved, towards the end of his life he designed more colourful designs.

School

When he was 45 years old, he established a painting school which still exists today. One of the teachers there is Nihonga painter Masaki Ukai.[10]

The Inshō Dōmoto Art Museum in Kyoto is dedicated to his work and regularly holds exhibitions about him and other painters.[11]

Awards

He was made an Imperial Household Artist in 1944 and received the Order of Culture in 1961.

References
  1. "About Heizo 1st Tatsumura | Official Site of Tatsumura Textile, Kyoto". www.tatsumuraarttextiles.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. "Landscape of Fukakusa, southern Dinstinct of Kyoto - Domoto Insho - Google Arts & Culture". Google Cultural Institute. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. "Symphony - Domoto Insho - Google Arts & Culture". Google Cultural Institute. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. "Kyoto Prefectural INSHO-DOMOTO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS". insho-domoto.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  5. Mansfield, Stephen (2014-03-29). "Chishaku-in: a Kyoto garden of deep repose". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. "Must-see pioneering works from his later years. Also fusuma sliding door pictures of Honenin Temple are on view. | Event Information | JCRAFTS.com". www.jcrafts.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  7. "Exhibitions (Kyoto Prefectural INSHO-DOMOTO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS)". insho-domoto.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  8. "京都画壇の巨匠 堂本印象の世界｜会員限定オリジナルイベント｜会員の皆さまへの情報｜そうだ 京都、行こう。". souda-kyoto.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  9. "堂本印象―法然院: 正太寺　・　悟道の道". 正太寺　・　悟道の道. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  10. "Masaki Ukai Exhibition". Kansai Art Beat. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  11. "Past Exhibitions(Kyoto Prefectural INSHO-DOMOTO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS)". insho-domoto.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
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