Nakamura Tsune
{{Short description|Japanese painter (1887–1924)}}
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{{Infobox artist
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| name = Nakamura Tsune
| image = Nakamura Tsune.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt = Photo of the artist, Nakamura Tsune
| caption = Nakamura Tsune
| native_name = 中村彝
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|07|03}}
| birth_place = Mito City, Ibaraki, Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1924|12|24|1887|07|03}}
| death_place = Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku, Japan
| resting_place = Gion-ji in Mito
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|36.3891297|140.4567018|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| nationality = Japanese
| education = {{hlist|Nagoya Army Cadet School|Research Institute of the White Horse Society|Research Institute of the Pacific Western Painting Society}}
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| notable_works = {{nihongo|Girl|小女}}
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| memorials = Shinjuku Nakamura Tsune Atelier Memorial Museum
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{{nihongo|Nakamura Tsune|中村彝}} (3 July 1887 – 24 December 1924) was a Japanese yōga painter best known for his portraits of Sōma Toshiko, including Girl (1914).
Life
File:Girl by Nakamura Tsune (Nakamuraya Salon Museum of Art).jpg exhibition in 1914]]Nakamura Tsune was born in 1887 in what is now Mito City, into a family that had served as samurai in the Mito domain. His father died the following year, his mother when he was eleven. He graduated from the {{nihongo|Nagoya Army Cadet School|名古屋陸軍地方幼年学校}} in 1904 but was forced to abandon his plans for a career as a soldier after contracting tuberculosis.
While recuperating, he developed aspirations to become a painter, and in 1906 joined the {{nihongo|Research Institute of the White Horse Society|白馬会研究所}}, before moving the following year to the {{nihongo|Research Institute of the Pacific Western Painting Society|太平洋画会研究所}}. That same year he was baptised. In 1908 he began to socialize with artists including Ogiwara Rokuzan at the {{nihongo|Nakamura-ya|中村屋}} Atelier in Shinjuku.{{Cite web|last=Nathan|first=Richard|date=12 March 2021|title=Changing Nations: The Japanese Girl With a Book|url=https://www.redcircleauthors.com/news-and-views/changing-nations-the-japanese-girl-with-a-book/|access-date=12 March 2021|website=The Circle, Red Circle Authors}} Two of his works, Cloudy Morning and Cliffs (now in the Museum of the Imperial Collections) featured in the Third Bunten Exhibition in 1909, the latter receiving a commendation.
In 1911 he moved into a studio behind the Nakamura-ya. The following year haemoptysis began. In 1913 Sōma Toshiko, daughter of Aizō and Kokkō, became his model. In 1914, Girl won a prize at the Eighth Bunten Exhibition. Later that year he visited Izu Ōshima. In 1915 his petition for the hand of Toshiko in marriage was opposed by her parents (she went on to marry Rash Behari Bose). In 1916 he built a studio in {{nihongo|Shimo-Ochiai|下落合}} in Shinjuku and exhibited Dr. Tanakadate and Nude at the Eleventh Bunten Exhibition. His Portrait of Vasili Eroshenko was exhibited at the Second Teiten Exhibition in 1920.
In December 1924 at the age of 37 he died in his studio in Shimo-Ochiai. His remains were interred at {{nihongo|Gion-ji|祇園寺}} in Mito the following year.{{cite web |url=http://www.modernart.museum.ibk.ed.jp/archive/collection/youga/nakamura/index.html |script-title=ja:中村彝(なかむら つね) |trans-title=Nakamura Tsune |language=Japanese |publisher=The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki |accessdate=12 October 2015}}
Shinjuku Nakamura Tsune Atelier Memorial Museum
The {{nihongo|Shinjuku Nakamura Tsune Atelier Memorial Museum|新宿区立中村彝アトリエ記念館}} opened in Shinjuku in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.regasu-shinjuku.or.jp/rekihaku/tsune/40357/ |script-title=ja:新宿区立中村彝アトリエ記念館 |trans-title=Shinjuku Nakamura Tsune Atelier Memorial Museum |language=Japanese |publisher=The Shinjuku Foundation for Creation of Future |accessdate=12 October 2015}} Admission to the museum is free.{{Cite news|url=https://thetokyofiles.com/2016/11/29/tsune-nakamura-atelier-museum/|title=Tsune Nakamura Atelier Museum 新宿区立中村彝アトリエ記念館|date=2016-11-29|work=the tokyo files 東京ファイル|access-date=2017-11-03|language=en-US}}
Gallery
File:NakamuraTsune-1908-Study for Female Nude.png|Study for Female Nude, 1908
File:Nakamura Tsune - Self-Portrait - Google Art Project.jpg|Self-Portrait, 1909
File:NakamuraTsune-1912-Portrait of Mr.Tago Mitsutoshi.png|Portrait of Tago Mitsutoshi, 1912
File:NakamuraTsune-1912-A Girl with a Hut.png|Girl with a Hat, 1912
File:NakamuraTsune-1913-Portrait of Mr.I's Father.png|Portrait of Mr. I's Father, 1913
File:NakamuraTsune-1916-Portrait of Dr.Tanakadate.png|Portrait of Tanakadate Aikitsu, 1916
File:Portrait of Vasilii Yaroschenko by Nakamura Tsune (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo).jpg|Portrait of Vasili Eroshenko, 1920
See also
{{Commons category|Tsune Nakamura}}
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