Takeshi Nishijima

Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama)

Takeshi Nishijima’s Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama) is an original hand-stenciled dye print created for his 1975 Mingei annual calendar. These original prints were printed and published in Kyoto. His calendars often came with brief descriptions. For August, 1975 Nishijima wrote,“August: In Okayama groves of trees and ponds at Korakuen Gardens welcome visitors drenched in heat.” Korakuen Gardens is Okayama's main attraction located on the Asahi River, just beside Okayama Castle. A special historic site, it is considered one of Japan's best landscape gardens and is the oldest surviving Diayamo garden in Tokyo.

Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama) is printed upon hand-made mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in Kyoto for Takeshi Nishijima in 1974-1975. It is a fine, original example of the Mingei art created by the 20th century Japanese artist, Takeshi Nishijima.

Original Hand Stenciled Dye Print (Kataezome) by the Japanese artist, Takeshi Nishijima.

Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama)

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Takeshi Nishijima (Kyoto, Japan, 1929 - 2003)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	-
01.-		Calendar for November, 1975 (Evening Glow, Kyoto) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
02.-		Calendar for July, 1975 (Gion Festival in Kyoto) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
03.-		Calendar for May, 1975 (Goldfish and Seaweed) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
04.-		Calendar for June, 1975 (Hydrangea) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
05.-		Calendar for October, 1975 (Jidai-Matsuri Pageant, Kyoto) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
06.-		Calendar for September, 1975 (Kanba Falls, Okayama) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
07.-		Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
08.-		Calendar for March, 1975 (Melting Snow at Lake Towada) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975
09.-		Calendar for January, 1975 (Wakasa Bay, near Kyoto) by Takeshi Nishijima	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print	1974-1975

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Title:	Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama)
Artist:	Nishijima, Takeshi (Kyoto, Japan, 1929 - 2003)
Date:	1974-1975
Medium:	Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print
Note:	Takeshi Nishijima: Born into a cloth dyers family, Takeshi Nishijima first studied textile arts under Inagaki Toshijiro (1902-1963) at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts. During his career Nishijima exhibited both his textile designs and graphic art, most particularly prints of katazome design. He participated in numerous exhibitions (both in Japan and the United States) and was awarded the Grand Prize at the Kyoto Art Exhibit.
	Like the contemporary artist, Keisuke Serizawa (1895-1984), Takeshi Nishijima was a major figure within the Mingei (Folk Art) movement, a twentieth century endeavour to preserve traditional Japanese arts and crafts. The stencil dyed calendar prints were an integral expression of Mingei art, and both Serizawa and Nishijima created these striking calendar images for mostly Western collectors, such as this original hand-stenciled die print entitled, Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama).
	Nishijima served as an instructor of katazome design and dyeing crafts at both the Ikenobo College in Kyoto and the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts. The latter institution awarded him the title of Professor Emeritus in 1995. Shortly thereafter Nishijima received the Kyoto Prefecture Culture Award and the city’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Takeshi Nishijima' s art can be found in the Copper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY, the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, as well as other important private and public institutions.
	An important production of Nishijima’s work was the annual calendars that he created from approximately 1968 to the early 1980’s. Each of his calendars contained thirteen original prints, one for each month and a frontis-piece design. Many of Takeshi Nishijima’s katazome calendars were printed by Kuriyama Haruo, (Japanese, active 1970’s), President of the Wazome-Kogei Co., Kyoto (a Japanese Dye Pattern Craft Company). The Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, contains an impression of Nishijima’s katazome calendars printed by Kuriyama Haruo in their collection, Collection Number: 2010,195.10. Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama) was printed as a dye print design for the 1975 calendar and represents a beautiful and colourful example of the folk art of Takeshi Nishijima.
	Nishijima’s calendars often came with brief descriptions. For this original hand-stenciled dye print entitled, Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama), Keisuke Serizawa wrote; “August: In Okayama groves of trees and ponds at Korakuen Gardens welcome visitors drenched in heat.” Korakuen is Okayama's main attraction located on the Asahi River, just beside Okayama Castle, also known to some as 'crow caste'. Korakuen is considered one of Japan's best landscape gardens and is the oldest surviving Diayamo garden in Tokyo. It is also one of seven places in Japan designated as a place of scenic beauty and a special historic site. The Korakuen Gardens were begun in 1629 by the founder of the Mito Tokugawa family, Yorifusa Mito as the gardens for his spare residence which later became the main mansion of Edo and was completed by his son, and second feudal lord, Mito Mitsukuni. The garden features ponds and hills encircled by paths. Heavily influenced by a Chinese garden design, it covers around seven acres which include flowering plum and cherry blossoms in the spring, a waterfall, an iris pond and a Chinese-style stone bridge, and the red bridge, sometimes called the ' Red Bridge of Autumn' because of the flaming red fall colors that surround it in the fall. No matter what the season, the garden is a site of splendor.
Size:	14 X 11 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Buy Now	Price: $185.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in Kyoto for Takeshi Nishijima in 1974-1975. A finely printed, full colour impression and in excellent condition throughout. Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama) represents a prime, original example of the famous Mingei art of Takeshi Nishijima.
Subject:	Takeshi Nishijima, Calendar for August, 1975 (Korakuen Gardens, Okayama), original hand-stencilled dye print, Mingei, Japanese folk art, Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, Kataezome (Katazome) Calendar, artists of Kyoto.
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