Shiba KÅkan
Shiba Kokan (Japanese司马 江汉; * 1747 in Edo, † 1818 in Edo ) was a Japanese painter of Ranga or Yōfuga school. He was scientifically interested and was also active as an essayist. His real name was Ando Shun (安藤 峻), as a writer he used, inter alia, the name Shumparō (春波 楼).
Life
Shiba Kokan was born in Edo. He studied painting first in the Kano School, was then influenced by Suzuki Harunobu, and Hiraga Gennai Sō Shiseki. In his early period he called himself Harushige and created ukiyo -e style of Suzuki Harunobu, with its signature he knew some of his woodblock prints. In 1783 he was the first Japanese who tried the engraving: View Mimeguri. He learned oil painting and etching from the books that he found at the Dutch in Nagasaki. He was also the first to put the Western painting about Chinese and Japanese, because it took account of light and shadow, and was better suited for book illustrations. His work includes images according to European originals, but also many landscapes from around Edo.
Writings (selection )
- Seiyū nikki (Diary of a study trip to the West )
- Shumparō hitsuki ( Shumparōs fonts)
- Tenchi ritan (Theory of Heaven and Earth )
Work
Girl with fake Harunobu signature
Pair of scrolls in the style of Sō Shiseki
Look at Mimeguri; first, produced by a Japanese copper engraving, hand colored
Seven -mile beach with Enoshima
2 oil paintings ( Kobe City Museum )