Chuji Nakamura “Under the Blue Star”
Author birth and death: 1898 Mitachimura, Shikamaro District [Himeji] (Hyogo) – 1975 Tokyo
Year of production: 1959
Technique Material: Monotype, paper; pasted on thin mount
Dimensions: 26.5×25.3cm
Signature, date, etc.: Signed and dated at the bottom center "MAR 1959 Chuji NAK"; Written on the top right of the back: "[Under the blue star] About the marriage of the Crown Prince / MAR 1959 / Chuji Nakamura April 4-6, Exhibited at Kyobashi Izumi Gallery 11-person exhibition"; written on the bottom right of the mount "2 Izumi Gallery Exhibition Under the Blue Star 53"
Exhibition history: “Aboshidone and Chuji Nakamura Duo Exhibition” Izumigiya Rarii (Kyobashi, Tokyo) April 2; “Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Collection Exhibition + University of Tsukuba Ishii Collection Exhibition” Ibaraki Prefectural Tsukuba Museum of Art 1959 October 4th - October 2007th, 10 cat. 5; "Techniques on Paper: University of Tsukuba Ishii Collection" January 10th - February 28th, 11 Musashino City Kichijoji Museum of Art cat. 2012; "Manabia Terrace Opening Commemoration University of Tsukuba Collection Ishii Collection Exhibition: Encountering Beauty: [First Half] Encountering the World of Paintings, Manabia Terrace [Higashine City Museum of Art], November 1 - December 7, 2, cat. 19; "16th Anniversary of Nakamura's Birth" Chuji Exhibition "Ooinarshuunen" Nerima Art Museum June 2016nd - July 11th 3 cat. 12.
Literature: Edited by Rintaro Terakado, “Ishii Collection I. Paintings in the University of Tsukuba,” University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, 2011, cat. 11.
Collection number: 2005-JP-IS014
Work description:
Chuji Nakamura studied at the Japan Art School while working in various jobs, and while exhibiting watercolors and oil paintings at exhibitions and solo shows, he even created ink paintings. Since 1958, he has devoted himself to monotype (a printmaking technique that involves drawing on glass or metal and transferring it to paper), creating a unique world of painting.This work is Nakamura's early work based on that monotype.The humorous figure, which looks like a standing grasshopper, and the blurring and blurring of the paint that occurs accidentally during transfer, give the painting a mysterious sense of life.On the back of the work, there is an inscription that says ``About the marriage of the Crown Prince,'' which suggests one of the sources of the idea.
