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OGAWA Usen

Native placeAkasaka, Edo (Tokyo), JPN
Birth1868
Dead placeUshiku, Ibaraki, JPN
Died1938

Biography

He was born in Edo. Around 1880, he studied Western-style painting under Honda Kinkichiro while teaching himself Japanese-style painting. In 1893, he returned to his hometown of Ushiku in Ibaraki Prefecture and became a farmer. He created satirical cartoons and illustrations of farmers for various newspapers and magazines of the day. In 1917, he became a member of the Japan Art Institute and began exhibiting works at the Inten that evoked the pleasures of rural Japan through depictions of lakes and fields. Guided by an agrarian philosophy, he described himself as a farmer-artisan. He was also known as “Kappa no Usen” for his depictions of kappa and other imaginary water creatures, as well as life in waterside villages. Usen is known for creating a uniquely magical world.

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  • image of『Four Marsh Scenes: Catching Shrimps』

    Four Marsh Scenes: Catching Shrimps
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1922
    Medium：sumi and color on paper
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200100012000

  • image of『Four Marsh Scenes: Catching Loaches』

    Four Marsh Scenes: Catching Loaches
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1922（Taisho 11）
    Medium：sumi and color on paper
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200100010000

  • image of『Four Marsh Scenes: Hibara』

    Four Marsh Scenes: Hibara
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1922（Taisho 11）
    Medium：sumi and color on paper
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200100009000

  • image of『Four Marsh Scenes: Duck Coop』

    Four Marsh Scenes: Duck Coop
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1922（Taisho 11）
    Medium：sumi and color on paper
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200100011000

  • image of『From the Poem of Tokagen by Taoyuantu』

    From the Poem of Tokagen by Taoyuantu
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：ca.1926
    Medium：color on silk
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Accession Number：JJ199200001000

  • image of『Calligraphy』

    Calligraphy
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：n.d.
    Medium：ink on paper
    Classification：calligraphy
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JC200200001000

  • image of『Tree Spirits Out on an Early Summer Day』

    Tree Spirits Out on an Early Summer Day
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1921（Taisho 10）
    Medium：color on silk
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200200003000

  • image of『Ravine of Echos』

    Ravine of Echos
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1921（Taisho 10）
    Medium：sumi and color on paper
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200200004000

  • image of『Water Imps and his Dependents』

    Water Imps and his Dependents
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1921（Taisho 10）
    Medium：sumi on paper
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200200005000

  • image of『Dawn Clouds over a Mountain』

    Dawn Clouds over a Mountain
    Artist：小川芋銭　OGAWA Usen
    Date：1923（Taisho 12）
    Medium：sumi and color on silk
    Classification：Japanese-style Paintings
    Collections：木村定三コレクション / Kimura Teizo Collection
    Accession Number：JJ200200006000

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