근대 일본의 다중적 예술가 다케히사 유메지 연구

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to investigate how Takehisa Yumeji sublimated pure and commercial art in his own artistic style and locate him in the art history. After getting attention by contributing illustrations to newspapers, he sprang into fame as an artist with his paintings of beauties in his own style. He promoted the popularization of art by advocating "an industry by hands" as well as artistic works of high artistry and making products himself. He was the one that created illustrations on girls even before the settlement of a concept called lyrical paintings during the Taishou Era and built the archetype of lyrical paintings that depicted the inner world of girls as well as modern genre paintings on girls. The areas of his activities were individual, but he made an attempt at collaborations to break down boundaries boldly by binding books, drawing covers for magazines and scores, and designing an advertising leaflet. However, Taisho’s romanticism was gone by then, and his style no longer went along with the times. Entering the Showa period, Yumeji's reputation faded away with the continued undervaluation of him by the art circles. In the present time when the definition of applied arts has become clear unlike the past, however, the public has shown passionate interest in his works. Yumeji is getting the spotlight again in the 21st century because of the revaluation that his multiple convergence- and integration -based artistic thinking expressed the artistic viewpoints sought after these days, when design garners more respect than any other period, a century ago. There is no denying that his romance was at the center of it.