Two Cranes 双鶴 (Sou Kaku) - 118/150 - Uemura Shōkō 上村松篁 (1902-2001) - Japão

About the Works
Technique lithograph
Artist Shoukou Uemura 上村松篁(1902-2001)
Title: Two Cranes 双鶴(Sou Kaku)
signed and numbered 118/150
Overall size: approx. 70cm x 87cm
image size: approx. 46cm x 64cm

Uemura Shoko childhood name was Shintaro.
His mother was Uemura Shoen, a major modern beauty painter. His father is said to have been Shoen's teacher, the Japanese-style painter Shonen Suzuki, but Shoen, who was unmarried, did not say much. His son was also a Japanese-style painter, Uemura Atsuyuki.

He was also very particular about sketching birds, saying, “You cannot paint birds unless you understand their lives.” He traveled to India, Australia, Southeast Asia, and other places to observe birds.
He also built a large aviary on the grounds of his own studio in the suburbs of Nara City, where he kept more than 1,000 birds for lifelong observation.

This work is based on two cranes (Sou Kaku) painted by Shoko Uemura.
Sou Kaku is a composition favored since the Heian period (794-1185), in which two cranes are placed facing each other.
The crane is considered a bird of good luck, symbolizing longevity. A pair of cranes is also called “meoto zuru” (husband and wife cranes), and is revered as a symbol of amicability.

Main Works
金魚 (1929, Shouhaku Art Museum collection)
星五位 (1958, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
万葉の春 (1970, Shouhaku Art Museum collection)
樹下幽禽 (1966, Collection of the Japan Art Institute, Tokyo)
閑鷺(Egret)” (1977, Yamatane Museum of Art)

Biography:.
1902 - Born in Kyoto
1921 - First selection for the Teiten (Imperial Exhibition) for “Kanya-Yeongchu (Autumn in a quiet garden)
1924 - Graduated from Kyoto Municipal College of Painting (now Kyoto City University of Arts)
1928 - “Ducks and Ducks in a Lotus Pond” was specially selected for the Teiten[2].
1948 - Formed the Japanese painting group “Souzou Bijutsu” with Okumura Koichi, Akino Fukunori, Yamamoto Kyujin, and others
1959 - Awarded the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize
1967 - Awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize[3
1968 (Showa 43) - Professor emeritus at Kyoto City University of Arts
1973 - Awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class
1981 - Became a member of the Japan Art Academy
1983 (Showa 58) - Person of Cultural Merit
1984 (Showa 59) Order of Culture
1994 (Heisei 6) - Shouhaku Art Museum opens
2001 - Died of heart failure at the age of 98

Appearance
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Although the work is 35 years old, it is in good condition.
However, there is an odor of mothballs on the attached cloth.

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