"Takehisa Yumeji Illustration Collection" China Academy of Art Press

Introduction

Takehisa Yumeji is a Japanese painter, poet, book designer and poet. He lived in the Meiji and Taisho eras (1884-1934) in Japan and is known as a "wandering lyrical painter who pursued beauty and love throughout his life." Takehisa Yumeji is to Japan what Feng Zikai is to China, and almost everyone knows him. His works were deeply loved by Zhou Zuoren, Lu Xun, Zhu Ziqing, Feng Zikai and others... Zhou Zuoren said: "It's a pity that there is no such painter in China, not even one." Lu Xun said: "Takehisa Yumeji's paintings have a strong oriental flavor." Zhu Ziqing exclaimed: "(Yomeji) creates a small world with just a few strokes." Feng Zikai said: "(Yomeji's paintings) not only move my eyes with the beauty of shape, but also move my heart with the poetic meaning." Yumeji had many identities, and each of his identities left behind an astonishing number of creations: poems on paintings, poems with paintings, poems composed with music, illustrations for serialized novels, song scores, picture album binding, character and pattern design... Yumeji broke through the boundaries between so-called pure art and practical art such as design and crafts, and opened a new era in the Oriental painting world.