Takehisa Yumeji
Yumeji Takehisa (Takehisa Yumeji?, September 16, 1884 – September 1, 1934), was a Japanese poet and painter. Takehisa died in 1934 at the age of 49. He never studied drawing in any painting school nor under any teacher formally. He hated the concept of the 'artist', feeling they were rather pretentious which unsurprisingly upset many of the artists of his time, leading to poor reviews from the so-called elite.Outside of the art circles, Takehisa's works acquired great popularity among ordinary people and to this day have many ardent fans in Japan and abroad. At an earlier stage in his life he intended to become a poet, but knowing he could not make a living as a poet, he began drawing pictures. He was born in Oku (now Setouchi), Okayama, Japan. His childhood home has been preserved and opened to visitors. He is buried in Zoshigaya Cemetery in the Ikebukuro area of Tokyo.
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
Takehisa Yumeji
I have three of his music cover and what I find interesting is his different style of drawing. In Senow No. 53 it is the minimal lines typical of Japanese prints and in Senow No. 167 a family at dinner table shows his diversity, for the cover is drawn as a typical occidental style of etching with the lines used to show depth, shading and contrast. Senow No. 270 shows cover with just script on a salmon colored paper. The title seems to flow, while two lines of script have the visual of a hard print. Wish I could add pictures.
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