田中一村考－「琉球弧」で開花した日本画－

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  • タナカ イチソンコウ : 「 リュウキュウ コ 」 デ カイカ シタ ニホンガ
  • Tanaka Isson's Work of Art: Japanese-style paintings blossomed on the Ryukyuan Archipelago

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The Japanese-style painter Tanaka Isson (1908-77) moved to Amami Islands when he was 51, and began to live there by himself. He worked passionately on many paintings while also doing dye works for a living. Isson pioneered a form of painting that portrays a unique atmosphere of highly decorative tranquility. Most of his work, however, never appeared in the public view, and he remained largely unknown to the general populace throughout his life. This paper critically discusses his work during the Amami Period, the height of his artistry, as distinct Japanese-style paintings blossomed on the Ryukyuan archipelago. The paper presents some possibilities of how Isson came to pursue his distinct form of art on Amami Islands and contemplates the significance of his art and the great cultural potential that his work opens up for the full history of Japanese and Okinawan art.

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