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Luke Hasegawa

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Hasegawa Roka

別名: 杉村 龍三 / 長谷川 龍三
ペンネーム: Roka（Art name derived from his baptismal name Luca）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1897-07-09 （Tokyo, Japan）
死没
1967-07-03 （Rome, Italy） 69歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, French, Italian
宗教
Catholicism 1914年受洗 （洗礼名: Luca）
居住地歴
Tokyo, Japan (birthplace) → Kugenuma (Fujisawa), Japan → Mejiro (Tokyo), Japan → Paris, France → Civitavecchia, Italy → Rome, Italy

経歴

職業
Nihonga (Japanese-style) painter, Fresco painter, Mosaic artist, Art educator, Illustrator
活動期間
1915年〜1967年
所属
Catholic Art Association, Shinko Yamato-e Association, Kokuga-in, F.M. (mural collective), Japan Artists Federation
所属団体
Catholic Art Association, Salon d'Automne (member), Japan Artists Federation
影響を受けた人物
Matsuoka Eikyū, Watanabe Kaseki, Charles Guérin, Paul-Albert Baudouin (fresco teacher)
影響を与えた人物
Yasuko Harada (student and follower), Miyauchi Junkichi (student), Members of F.M. (many Japanese fresco and mosaic artists)

学歴

Gyosei School (primary & secondary)
期間: 1904-1915
卒業年: 1915
国: Japan
Boarding student at Gyosei; studied with Watanabe Kaseki and developed early artistic training.
Tokyo School of Fine Arts (former)
Nihonga Department / Nihonga
期間: 1916-1921
卒業年: 1921
国: Japan
Graduation work 'Nagasaruru Kyoto' (流さるる教徒). Studied under Matsuoka Eikyu.
École des Beaux-Arts (Fresco Research Institute, Fontainebleau)
Fresco studies
期間: 1921-1926
国: France
Studied Western painting under Charles Guérin and mastered fresco techniques at Fontainebleau.

受賞歴

Kikuchi Kan Prize (8th)
1960
対象作品: Murals for the Church of the Japanese Martyrs (Civitavecchia) and related mural works
主催: Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Order of Leopold II (Chevalier)
1925
主催: Government of Belgium
結果: 受章
Order of the Crown of Italy (Cavaliere)
1930
主催: Government of Italy
結果: 受章
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (posthumous)
1967
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 追贈

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Fleeing Believer

1921年 Nihonga (Japanese-style painting)

Graduation piece at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts; a Nihonga work on Christian themes demonstrating his early religious focus.

ChristianityMartyrdomReligious themes

Kirishitan Mandala

1927年 Nihonga / Religious painting

A Yamato-e–styled painting depicting the history of Japanese Christians; presented to the Vatican's Missionary Ethnological Museum.

Missionary historyChristianityJapanese history

Madonna and Child; Resurrection of the Church and Saints

1928年 Fresco

One of Japan's earliest fresco murals, created for the Ito family chapel (later Kitatami/Kitami Church).

FrescoMadonna and ChildReligious narrative

Annunciation (pair of folding screens)

1949年 Nihonga (folding screen)

A two-panel folding-screen Annunciation exhibited in 1949 and later shown at the Vatican's missionary art exhibition; now held by the Pontifical Urbaniana University.

AnnunciationReligious paintingByōbu (folding screen)

Martyrdom of the Twenty-Six Japanese Martyrs (altar painting)

1954年 Fresco / Altar painting

Large altar mural created for the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Civitavecchia; a synthesis of European fresco technique and Japanese painting.

MartyrdomMissionary artJapan–Italy cultural exchange

Victory / Glory (main stand wall mosaics)

1964年 Mosaic

Large mosaic murals created for the main stand of the former National Kasumigaoka Stadium, known as 'Victory' and 'Glory'.

Sporting architectureMosaicDecorative mural

The Road to Nagasaki

1967年 Fresco

A late major fresco created for the Museum of the Twenty-Six Martyrs in Nagasaki; completed in 1967 as one of his final works.

NagasakiMartyrdomCommemoration

全著作

  • Stories of Costume in Art (1942)
  • The Aesthetics of Costume: How to Design (1947)
  • Illustrated History of Costume (1948)
  • Changes in Costume (co-authored, 1958)
  • Design Course (1962)
  • Collected Paintings and Writings of Roka Hasegawa (ed., 1989)

翻案

  • Italo-Japanese film 'Madame Butterfly' — title back design (contributed)

作家による翻訳

  • Co-translation/related work on Okakura Kakuzō's 'The Book of Tea' (French edition, 1927)

作風・主題

文体
Fusion of Yamato-e (Nihonga) techniques with Western fresco methodsMural work combining decorative and narrative approachesCalm, symbolic treatments of religious subjects
頻出モチーフ
Madonna and ChildScenes of martyrs and missionariesHoly figures in traditional Japanese dressAltar paintings, ceiling frescoes, mosaics

健康

  • Heart disease
    1966
    Hospitalized in 1966; constrained his ability to work and travel.
  • Cerebral apoplexy (stroke)
    1967
    Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1967 in Rome and died; left late works as his legacy.

評価・遺産

Roka Hasegawa pioneered the integration of Nihonga (Yamato-e) with Western fresco and mosaic techniques, earning international recognition for religious paintings and public decorative art. As an educator he trained many students and contributed to postwar development of fresco and mosaic arts in Japan.

記念館・博物館

  • The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
  • Vatican Missionary Ethnological Museum Vatican City
  • Museum of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  • Artizon Museum (holdings from the former Bridgestone Museum) Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

関連学会

  • Catholic Art Association
  • Japan Artists Federation
  • Kokuga-in

資料所蔵先

  • Tokyo National Museum (holds his Central Asian mural facsimiles)
  • The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts (holdings)
  • Ishibashi/Bridgestone collection (now Artizon Museum)

大衆文化への影響

  • Contributed title-back artwork for the Italo-Japanese film 'Madame Butterfly'
  • Honorary citizen of Civitavecchia

引用

  • The mural surrounding the altar not only informs us of the moving martyrdom of Japanese believers, but must also be noted for how the artist splendidly demonstrated techniques he learned in Italy.
    出典: Cardinal Costantini (remarks, dedication ceremony 1954) (1954年)

豆知識

  • He was made an honorary citizen of Civitavecchia.
  • The 1954 dedication of the Civitavecchia murals was attended by cardinals and international dignitaries.
  • Supported by Shojiro Ishibashi, he produced facsimiles of Vatican works that entered Japanese museum collections.
  • Many of his works are site-specific (murals) and several have been lost due to building demolition or wartime damage.