Fujishima Takeji
(1867–1943) Japanese painter (1867-1943)
Fujishima Takeji (Japan, 1867–1943) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Fujishima Takeji belongs to the chapter ‘Modern Japan’ in this site’s history of art.
Fujishima Takeji was born in Ikenoue-chō and died in Tokyo. Fujishima Takeji trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Kōnan High School. The teachers included Kawabata Gyokushō, Matsuoka Hisashi, and Hōsui Yamamoto. Wikidata associates Fujishima Takeji with Romanticism and Yōga. Fujishima Takeji became a member of Hakubakai. Fujishima Takeji was awarded Order of Culture. The students included Yuzo Saeki, Shirō Kobori, Yen Shui-long, and Li Mei-shu.
The best-known works include ‘Reminiscence of the Tempyō Era’ and ‘Black Fan’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 19 works by Fujishima Takeji with free images. The dated works span the years 1897–1941. Works by Fujishima Takeji are held by several collections, among them Artizon Museum, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, The National Museum of Modern Art, and Pola Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Takeuchi Seihō, Kajima Seibei, Kume Keiichiro, Kamisaka Sekka, and Nakamura Fusetsu.