The Pupils of Kaburaki Kiyokata

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The Pupils of Kaburaki Kiyokata: New Ukiyo-e from the Greater Taishō period

In the early Taishō period (1912-26) five of the most influential print designers of the ‘New Print’ (Shin hanga) movement trained under painter and Ukiyo-e artist Kaburaki Kiyokata (1878-1972). After the demise of traditional Ukiyo-e his students were able to answer the call for fresh imagery, sought after by commercial publishers such as Watanabe Shōzaburō. In the field of female portraiture (bijinga) Itō Shinsui, Kobayakawa Kiyoshi and Torii Kotondo developed into the foremost artists while Kawase Hasui and Kasamatsu Shirō, specialised in landscapes. To link their contemporary style to the tradition of Ukiyo-e, Kiyokata named their work ‘New Ukiyo-e’, which followed the beginning of the Shin hanga movement.