LE FUJIYAMA / 富士山 PEINT PAR ITO SHINSUI/ 伊東深水

SHINSUI ITO / 新水伊藤 (1898-1972)
Mont Fuji (3,376m)
Japan

In Three views of Mt Fuji

Le peintre
Itō Shinsui (伊東深水), de son véritable nom Itō Hajime, est un peintre de l'école nihon-ga et artiste ukiyo-e des ères Taishō et Shōwa au Japon. Il est l'un des noms majeurs derrière le mouvement shin hanga qui revitalise l'art traditionnel avant son déclin final avec l'avènement de la photographie au Japon au début du 20e siècle. Itō Shinsui est considéré comme l'une des personnalités les plus connues et respectées de la société japonaise et a reçu plusieurs titres honorifique dont celui de Trésor national vivant du Japon. En 1952, la « Commission pour la protection des biens culturels » déclare son talent de conception de gravure sur bois un « bien culturel immatériel »  En 1958, il est élu membre de l'académie japonaise des arts et en 1970 est élevé dans l'Ordre du Soleil levant.

La montagne
Le mont Fuji / 富士山  (3 776 mètres) est une montagne mythique du centre du Japon qui se trouve sur la côte sud de l'île de Honshū, au sud-ouest de l'agglomération de Tokyo. Il est le point culminant du Japon. Situé dans une région où se rejoignent les plaques tectoniques pacifique, eurasienne et philippine, la montagne est un stratovolcan toujours considéré comme actif, sa dernière éruption certaine s'étant produite fin 1707, bien que le risque éruptif soit actuellement considéré comme faible. À son sommet a été construit un observatoire météorologique et malgré les conditions climatiques rigoureuses, la montagne est une destination extrêmement populaire en particulier pour les Japonais, qu'ils soient shintoïstes ou bouddhistes, en raison de sa forme caractéristique et du symbolisme religieux traditionnel dont il est porteur. Il a ainsi été le sujet principal ou le cadre de nombreuses œuvres artistiques, notamment picturales au cours des siècles. Pourtant, cette fréquentation fragilise l'environnement. Aussi, le 22 juin 2013, il est inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO sous le titre « Fujisan, lieu sacré et source d'inspiration artistique ». Le plus célèbre de ses peintres fut Hokusai avec ses 36 vues du Mont Fuji, mais tous les grands artistes japonais l'ont peint au moins une fois dans leur vie.

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2023 - Wandering Vertexes ....
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MIHARA-YAMA / 三原山 BY SHINSUI ITO / 新水伊藤

SHINSUI  ITO  / 新水伊藤 (1898-1972)

Mihara-yama / 三原山  (764 m - 2,507 ft) 

Japan 

In Mihara-yama in Summer, Block print,  1937, Private collection 

The volcano 

Mihara-yama / 三原山  (764 m - 2,507 ft)  is an active volcano on the Japanese isle of Izu Ōshima. Although the volcano is predominantly basaltic, major eruptions have occurred at intervals of 100–150 years. Mihara-yama's major eruption in 1986 saw lava fountains up to 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) high. The eruption had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3, and involved a central vent eruption, radial fissure eruption, explosive eruption, lava flows, and a lava lake eruption. There was also a 16 km high subplinian plume. All of the island's 12,000 inhabitants were evacuated by dozens of vessels consisting of both the military and civilian volunteers.

In the novel Ring by Koji Suzuki and its subsequent film adaption, Shizuko Yamamura, the mother of Sadako, predicted that Mount Mihara would someday erupt using her psychic abilities. After a failed psychic demonstration which resulted in Sadako psychically murdering a reporter, Shizuko became depressed and ultimately insane and committed suicide by leaping into the crater of Mount Mihara.

From a vantage point near the top of the cone it was once possible to leap into the crater. As a result, the volcano became a popular venue for suicides. Beginning in the 1920s, several suicides occurred in the volcano every week; more than six hundred people jumped in 1936. Authorities eventually erected a fence around the base of the structure to curb the number of suicides.

The artist

Shinsui Itō / 伊東 深水 was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in Taishō - and Shōwa-period Japan. He was one of the great names of the shin-hanga art movement, which revitalized the traditional art after it began to decline with the advent of photography in the early 20th century. His real name was Itō Hajime (伊東 一).

Itō's early landscape series, Eight Views of Lake Biwa inspired Kawase Hasui.

In the post-war period Itō came to be regarded as one of the best known and respected personalities in Japanese society, and received several important honors during his lifetime. In 1952 the "Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties" (Bunkazai Hōgō Iinkai) declared his woodblock designing talent to be of "intangible cultural properties" (mukei bunkazai) which was then the equivalent of being declared a Living National Treasure. In 1958, he became a member of the Japan Art Academy. In 1970, he received the Order of the Rising Sun.

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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...

by Francis Rousseau 

HIRA MOUNTAINS BY SHINSUI ITO / 新水伊藤

SHINSUI ITO  / 新水伊藤 (1898-1972)

Hira Mountains or Hira Sanchi (1,214 m - 3,984 ft)

Japan 

 In Eight views of Lake Biwa, 1917, woodblock print on paper

The mountains 
The three main peaks of the Hira Mountains are Mount Bunagatake (1,214 m- 3,984 ft) ; Hōraisan, (1,174 m- 3,852 ft) and Mount Uchimi (1,103 m - 3,619 ft).
The Hira Mountains (比良山地 Hira-sanchi) are a mountain range to the west of Lake Biwa on the border of Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The range runs 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north to south. It is narrowest in the southern part of the range, running 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east to west, and broadest at the northern part of the range, running 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) km east to west. The eastern side of the Hira Mountains looks steeply over Lake Biwa, while the western side of the range forms a gentler valley in Kyoto.

The artist
Shinsui Itō / 伊東 深水 was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in Taishō - and Shōwa-period Japan. He was one of the great names of the shin-hanga art movement, which revitalized the traditional art after it began to decline with the advent of photography in the early 20th century. His real name was Itō Hajime (伊東 一).
Itō's early landscape series, Eight Views of Lake Biwa inspired Kawase Hasui.
In the post-war period Itō came to be regarded as one of the best known and respected personalities in Japanese society, and received several important honors during his lifetime. In 1952 the "Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties" (Bunkazai Hōgō Iinkai) declared his woodblock designing talent to be of "intangible cultural properties" (mukei bunkazai) which was then the equivalent of being declared a Living National Treasure. In 1958, he became a member of the Japan Art Academy. In 1970, he received the Order of the Rising Sun.