Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): God of Thunder (Raijin), 1909
Artist in the Global Art Registry
Kamisaka Sekka
1866–1942 · Japanese
- Born
- 1866 · Kyoto
- Died
- 1942 · Kyoto
26 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Kamisaka Sekka, born in Kyoto to a samurai family, was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. He allied himself with the traditional Rinpa school of art and also worked in lacquer and other media.
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Kamisaka Sekka (神坂 雪佳; 1866–1942) was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. Born in Kyoto to a samurai family, his talents for art and design were recognized early. He eventually allied himself with the traditional Rinpa school of art. He is considered the last great proponent of this artistic tradition. Sekka also worked in lacquer and in a variety of other media. As traditional Japanese styles became unfashionable (such as Rinpa style), Japan implemented policies to promote the country's unique artistic style by upgrading the status of traditional artists who infused their craft with a dose of modernism. In 1901, Sekka was sent by the Japanese government to Glasgow where he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau. He sought to learn more about the Western attraction to Japonism, and which elements or facets of Japanese art would be more attractive to the West. Returning to Japan, he taught at the newly opened Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, experimented with Western tastes, styles, and methods, and incorporated them into his otherwise traditional Japanese-style works. While he sticks to traditional Japanese subject matter, and some elements of Rinpa painting, the overall effect is very Western and modern. He uses bright colors in large swaths, his images seeming on the verge of being patterns rather than proper pictures of a subject; the colors and patterns seem almost to "pop", giving the paintings an almost three-dimensional quality.
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Selected registered works by Kamisaka Sekka
Selected from 26 works by Kamisaka Sekka in the Collect24 Registry.
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): God of Thunder (Raijin), 1909
ink and color on paper
27.3 × 39.4 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-216309
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Rooster (Chabo), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-218801
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Asazuma in Her Boat (Asazuma-bune), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-218797
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Court Guard (Eishi), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-218200
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Farming Village in Spring (Harudenka), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-218196
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Section of Flower-draped Carts (Hanasashiguruma), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217565
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Late Spring (Boshun), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217550
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Otsu-e (Otsu-e), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217547
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Windswept Pines (Sonarematsu), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217544
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Idleness (Tsurezure), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217541
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Flower boat (Hanabune), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217495
Kamisaka Sekka
Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen), 1909
ink and color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-217491
Museums and collections
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- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
24 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
2 works
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