Namikawa Yasuyuki

In this Japanese name, the surname is Namikawa.
Namikawa Yasuyuki

Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845–1927) — original family name Takaoka[1] — was a Japanese cloisonné artist. His work was highly sought after in his own lifetime and is held in several collections today.[2] He and Namikawa Sōsuke (no relation)[notes 1] were the most famous cloisonné artists of the 1890 to 1910 period, known as the "Golden age" of Japanese enamels.[3] From 1875 to 1915, he won prizes at 51 exhibitions, including at world's fairs and at Japan's National Industrial Exhibition.[4] For his work he was appointed an Imperial Household Artist in 1896.[3] He sometimes signed his pieces Kyoto Namikawa (Namikawa of Kyoto).[5]

  1. ^ Japanese Biographical Index. Walter de Gruyter. 6 February 2013. ISBN 978-3-11-094798-4.
  2. ^ Seton, Alistair (26 June 2012). Collecting Japanese Antiques. Tuttle Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-4629-0588-1.
  3. ^ a b Irvine, Gregory (2013). "Wakon Yosai- Japanese spirit, Western techniques: Meiji period arts for the West". In Irvine, Gregory (ed.). Japonisme and the rise of the modern art movement : the arts of the Meiji period : the Khalili collection. New York: Thames & Hudson. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-500-23913-1. OCLC 853452453.
  4. ^ Toyoro Hida, Gregory Irvine, Kana Ooki, Tomoko Hana and Yukari Muro. Namikawa Yasuyuki and Japanese Cloisonné The Allure of Meiji Cloisonné: The Aesthetic of Translucent Black, pp.182-188, The Mainichi Newspapers Co, Ltd, 2017
  5. ^ Earle 1999, pp. 51–52.


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