Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 128007

Heian Court Bijin and Armour

Artist / 作者
KOBORI TOMOTO小堀鞆音
Date / 年代
Not set
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
428 × 600 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
青木ソラ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Thursday, 25 August 2005 Kuchi-e: Heian Court Bijin and Armour Artist: Kobori Tomoto Format: Aiban tate-e: 11.25" x 8.25" Subject: A young Heian court bijin packing armour into a black lacquer chest, by the light of an oil lamp. Tomoto Kobori was born in Tochigi prefecture. He studied Western painting in Tokyo and became a close friend to Kajita Hanko, Tomioka Eisen and Terasaki Kogyo. In 1897 Kobori became professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. After the turn of the century he was widely accepted as a painter and honored with many memberships in state controlled art institutions like the Imperial Fine Arts Academy. Although mainly a painter, Tomoto Kobori made a number of kuchi-e on h…

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