JO196100006000_971222_001T, 1997/12/22撮影, Public Domain

Nude Girl

Title	Nude Girl
Artist	中村彝　NAKAMURA Tsune
Date	1914
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	80.2×60.6
Classification	Paintings
Accession Number	JO196100006000
Summary	Nakamura Tsune (1887–1924), who contracted tuberculosis at the age of 17 in 1904, entered the Hakuba-kai Western Painting Research Institute in 1906. Thereafter, while battling illness, he studied the works of Rembrandt, Renoir, Cézanne, and other artists, pursuing an individual style of his own. The model for this work was Toshiko, the eldest daughter of Aizo and Kokkō Soma, the founders of Shinjuku Nakamuraya. Tsune, who lived in a studio behind Nakamuraya from late 1911, began painting Toshiko intensively around 1913, when she was a student at Joshi Seigakuin. The depiction of her young, healthy body shows the influence of Renoir, while the expression—with her lips firmly closed and her intelligent gaze directed toward the artist—and the vivid red of her lively cheeks reflect Tsune’s distinctive artistic style.

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NAKAMURA Tsune

Native place	Mito, Ibaraki, JPN
Birth	1887
Dead place	Tokyo, JPN
Died	1924
Biography	He was born at 7-Yashiki, Kamiichi Teramachi, Mito (now Kanemachi, Mito City), Ibaraki Prefecture, as the fifth child and third son of a former retainer of the Mito domain. Influenced by his eldest brother, he aspired to become a military officer and entered the Nagoya Army Preparatory School, where his second elder brother was enrolled (the school was located in what is now Shirakabe, Higashi Ward, Nagoya). However, just before graduating, he developed tuberculosis and was forced to abandon his military career. During his recuperation in another location, he began painting in watercolor. In March 1906, wishing to study painting seriously, he entered the Kikuzaka Institute of the Hakuba-kai. In the autumn of the same year, he moved to the institute in Tameike, Akasaka, where he met and became friends with Nakahara Teijiro, Tsuruta Goro, and others. In 1907, he transferred to the Taiheiyogakai Institute, where he studied under Nakamura Fusetsu and Mitsutani Kunishiro. In 1908, after visiting Ogiwara Morie together with Nakahara, he became involved with Shinjuku Nakamuraya, which at the time was a gathering place for many artists. In 1911, through the kindness of Soma Aizo and his wife Kokko, he moved into a studio behind Nakamuraya. During this period, he produced numerous works using Toshiko, the couple's eldest daughter, as his model. He also studied the works of Rembrandt, Renoir, Cézanne, and others, while seeking to develop an artistic style of his own. In 1909, he received an Encouragement Prize at the 7th Taiheiyogakai Exhibition and an Honorable Mention at the 3rd Bunten Exhibition. At the Bunten, he received Third Prize at the 4th, 5th, and 8th exhibitions, and a Special Selection award at the 10th exhibition. At the Teiten, he was recommended for unrestricted admission as an artist exempt from jury review, as well as for service as a judge and committee member. However, his longstanding illness progressed, and he eventually died from the disease.