Harada Kōkyo
Harada Kōkyo 原田耕挙* (はらだ こうきょ) (1863-1925)
* also seen as 原田耕舉
BIOGRAPHY
Source: Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, Philip K. Hu, et. al., Saint Louis Museum of Art, 2016, p. 229.
A Japanese style (nihonga) painter and print designer, Harada is best known for his prints of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), both woodblock prints and lithographs. A student of Ogata Gekkō (1859-1920), his master's style is evident in his woodblock prints. During the late 1800s he exhibited paintings of historical subjects at Tokyo venues including the Third Japan Youth Painting Promotion Society Exhibition 日本青年絵画共進会 of 1895, the exhibition of the organization that his master co-founded.
Examples of the Artist's Work
Two Woodblock Prints of the Russo-Japanese War
Our Destroyers Hayatori and Asagiri Sinking Enemy Ships at Port Arthur During a Great Snowstorm at 3:00 a.m. on February 14, 1904
Our Destroyers Fiercely Fought the Enemy Ships Outside of Port Arthur and Defeated the Enemy Fleet at Dawn April 13, 1904
A Scroll Attributed to the Artist
Tora, undated
signed and sealed: 耕挙 Kōkyo
Sample Signatures and Seals of the Artist
耕挙 / 耕
Kōkyo with Kō seal
耕挙 / 耕舉
Kōkyo with Kōkyo seal
耕挙画 / ?
Kōkyo with Sōmu seal
耕挙 / 耕舉
Kōkyo with Kōkyo seal
耕挙 / 耕舉
應需 耕挙画 / ?
ōju Kōkyo ga with Esui unsan seal
應需 耕挙画 / ?
Motome ni ōjite [by special request] Kōkyo ga with unread seal
應需 耕挙画 / 耕 挙
ōju Kōkyo ga
with kō and kyo seals
Prints in Collection
[BELOW PRINTS GIFTED TO THE JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON]
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