Noguchi Shohin
| Noguchi Shohin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
25 February, 1847 Ōsaka Prefecture |
| Died | 17 February, 1917 |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Known for | Bunjin painting |
| Children | Iku |
Noguchi Shohin or のぐち しょうひん (25 February, 1847 – 17 February, 1917) was a Japanese painter.
Life
Shohin was born in Ōsaka Prefecture in 1847.
Shohin's pictures were bought by the Japanese Imperial family.[1] She was a friend of the statesman Kido Takayoshi and she and Okuhara Seiko enjoyed his patronage. Kido and the two of them would create gassaku which are collaborative paintings that include both pictures and text.[2]
Her surviving paintings seem to show a woman who felt equal to men in her culture. She illustrates women who appear as literati painting, playing music and doing calligraphy. Her paintings show some independence as women's paintings of her time usually followed tradition or the subjects laid down by the artist's schools.[3]
Legacy
Her daughter, Iku, also became an artist.[1]
In 1982 Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art had an exhibition of her art.[3]
References
- 1 2 Kirstin Olsen (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 202–. ISBN 978-0-313-28803-6.
- ↑ Ellen P. Conant (2006). Challenging Past And Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 178–180. ISBN 978-0-8248-2937-7.
- 1 2 Marsha Smith Weidner (January 1990). Flowering in the Shadows: Women in the History of Chinese and Japanese Painting. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-0-8248-1149-5.