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Name
Masahide Komaki (Made by Komaki)
Real name
Death year
1911-
Profession
President of the Ballet
Birthplace
Esashi City (now Oshu City)
Commentary
A ballet dancer who performed "Swan Lake" for the first time in Japan, a pioneer who began full-scale ballet in Japan. Joined Harbin Music Ballet School, and established the Tokyo Ballet after the war. The first performance in Japan of "Swan Lake" at the Imperial Theater in 1946. After that, he founded the Komaki Ballet Company and made a period in Japanese ballet history.
Name
Odashima Island (Odashima Koshu)
Real name
Riheiji
Death year
1884-1955
Profession
Poet and educator
Birthplace
Towa Town (now Hanamaki City)
Commentary
Iwate Kabutan, which spans Meiji, Taisho and Showa, is a pioneer in developing the education world. Kotenjisha has visited and interacted with Ishikawa Tochigi, and Iwate Shinposha founded and contributed to Iwate modern literary revival, such as publishing literary doujinshi "Saino". Received the 1st Iwate Literacy Award. He has been active in Jojoji Elementary School, Prefectural Morioka Takanome principal, and also in the calligraphy world.
Name
Suzuki Suzuki (Kinji Suzuki)
Real name
Shinichi
Death year
1919-1982
Profession
Casting artist
Birthplace
Morioka
Commentary
Born in Morioka as the eldest son of his 13th generation Suzuki Morihisa, he graduated from the Tokyo Art School Arts and Crafts Department. The first exhibition of the Nikkei in 1982, won specialties in 32. Conducts research on casting conditions in western Europe as an overseas researcher of the Ministry of Education for one year from September 1984, and introduces a casting technique in western Europe to Japan after returning to Japan. Named the 14th generation Morihisa in 1977, and completed the reconstruction model of the Shokurain object by the commission of the Miyauchi Government in 1959.
Real name
Suzuki Hikojiro (Suzuki Hikojiro)
Name
Death year
1898-1975
Profession
Writer
Birthplace
Morioka
Commentary
While attending Todai, he inherited the 6th "New thought tide" with Kawabata Yasunari et al. Subsequently, Yasunari Kawabata, Idemitsu Toko, Kataoka Tetsushiya and others published “literary arts era” and entered into a new sense movement. . During the war, they hide exclusively sumo wrestling novels such as "Ozeki University Village". Return to Showa 19 (1944). "Torakutsu Hayashinaka" (animated and televisionized), "Seiya of Freedom", and "Kotoshijo Shimachi" were announced. During that time, he served as a prefectural library director, prefectural education director, prefectural adviser (culture).
Real name
Nomura Shichikura
Name
Song chant (Tatsumi Seika)
Death year
1905-1973
Profession
Poet / children's literary person
Birthplace
Shinami Town
Commentary
Child literary and poet. Posted in "Red Bird" and recognized in Kitahara Hakushu. Publication of the collection "Snow and Horses" in 1931. Received the 2nd Children's Culture Award for the collection of nursery rhymes "Spring God". Launched coterie "Dairy tree" with Yoichi Junda and unearthed many newcomers. In particular, I found Shinkichi Minamikichi, and after Nankichi's death, I will work on his full works. As a poet, he is a high brother in Hakushu, and the same person since "Tama" was published. During the evacuation of Numamiya (Iwate-cho), he founded Tanka and the poem "Shinki" and reissued "New Child Culture". We acted as secretary general of prefecture children's culture association and edited "child child". After he moved to Tokyo he was passionate about private child education such as editing "white elephant".
Real name
Horie Naoshi
Name
Death year
1897-1935
Profession
Sculptor
Birthplace
Morioka
Commentary
A sculptor known for his neat style. Graduated from Tokyo Art School, Sculpture Department. During the school year, he was selected for the Emperor Exhibition and selected specialties, and at the age of 29 he became the Emperor Exhibition Recommendation for the "Girl Girl Statue". He died at 38 years old because of ill health. However, the degree of burning of each point is high and full, the work is rich in sensitivity, concise and elegant.
Real name
Undress in Okayama (Okayamafui)
Name
Ginari
Death year
1885-1943
Profession
Haiku
Birthplace
Hanamaki
Commentary
After being killed by Iwate's first-class haiku, "Okayama Uninstrument Collection" was published. Known as a great editor of Iwate Mainichi Shimbun, he sent Kenji's works to the world. Tochigi is a close friend.
Real name
Obara Chiura (Aunts)
Name
Storehouse
Death year
1885-1975
Profession
painter
Birthplace
Ogaki-gun Ihara-cho, Okayama Prefecture (now Ihara City, Okayama Prefecture)
Commentary
At the age of 14 he moved to Tokyo, and he became a disciple of Tosa school Shibata Tanryo. After three years, he became a member of the Japan Art Institute at the age of 17 years. When he was 18 years old, he went to the United States. We have established a style unique to Chiura called "Western Sansui". After the war he became a professor and an honorary professor until he retired from the University of California at Berkeley. In Japan, he was a low-profile artist, but is spotlighted by a survey by non-fiction writer Tetsuro Shimogamo. An art exhibition entitled "Japanese artists who lived in the United States? A half century of hope and suffering" was held nationwide in 1995, and was well received.
Real name
Sasaki Seijiro (Sazaki Seijiro)
Name
1885-1971
Death year
Profession
painter
Birthplace
Mizusawa City (now Oshu City)
Commentary
He studied art at San Francisco and Hopkin Art School, etc. in 1905. Based on Paris in 1927, he has been conducting research on nude women using models, and has been selected for open call for international exhibitions such as Salon Datonne. After returning to Japan, he held solo exhibitions in Tokyo Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, etc., and was well received, and established his fame as a painter in Japan. He also made efforts to form the Iwate Art Federation.
Real name
Takehara Sugawara
Name
1824-1893
Death year
Profession
painter
Birthplace
Mizusawa City (now Oshu City)
Commentary
It is a representative painter who built the foundation to bloom flowers in regional paintings from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. The point of the bamboo shoots' main focus is not only to draw the world of mere picture space of the nanban picture method handed down from ancient times, but also to bring out the person who admires the original Japanese natural flora explored and photographed on his screen Also wanted a creative picture that was trying to pull into that frontier.
