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ArticlesYOSHIOKA Kenji, MIYAMOTO Saburo,TSURUTA Goro, and other Japanesepainters’ war picturesYOSHIOKA Kenji (1906–90) waswith KOISO Ryohei most of the trip. Hewas a Japanese-style painter unlikeWestern-style painters. Usually,Japanese traditional painting was notsuitable for realistic representation,but YOSHIOKA had a superiordescriptive power. He did in-depthinvestigations into the Dutch militaryarmored vehicles and weapons and hedrew many sketches. One of them isshown as a picture panel in theexhibition at Museum Bronbeek. Aftersuch efforts, he completed Stillnessafter Bombing west of Karijati Airfield,Java (on indefinite loan to The NationalMuseum of Modern Art, Tokyo) thathas a realism equal to the westenstylepainter’s works.MIYAMOTO Saburo is, alongsideFOUIJITA and KOISO, a very importantJapanese war artist and they are, inmy opinion, the big three. FOUJITA,who stood at the top did not draw anypictures about the Netherlands EastIndies. Therefore, at this point,MIYAMOTO and KOISO are the top two.In response to the request of the Navy,MIYAMOTO went to Celebes,Indonesia. The theme imposed on himwas the occupation of the oil refineryby paratroops. After a number oftrials, he painted Surprise Attack onNaval Paratroopers at Menado (onindefinite loan to The NationalMuseum of Modern Art, Tokyo), one ofhis masterpieces, which is about threemetres long. The composition of thiswork is magnificent and he has putred flowers next to the corpse of theDutch soldier. It should be noted thatthe mental state of these wartimepainters are not well known.TSURUTA Goro (1890–1969), whobecame famous for his war paintings,went to Sumatra. In response to arequest from the Army, he alsopainted the activities of parachutetroops in his large-scale JapaneseParatroopers Descending onPalembang (on indefinite loan to TheNational Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo). This picture has a vivid bluesky which was rare at that time.However, the gestures of theparatroopers are a bit awkward eventhough he also drew many sketches.There is a struggle to representrealism here. In addition, KAWABATAMinoru (1911–2001) drew The BorneoCampaign (on indefinite loan to TheNational Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo), and ARIOKA Ichiro (1900–66)YOSHIOKA KenjiStillness after Bombingat west of Karijati Airfield, JavaTSURUTA Goro Japanese ParatroopsDescending on Palembangdrew Sea Battle of Java (on indefiniteloan to The National Museum ofModern Art, Tokyo). They met withpublic approval at the Greater EastAsia War Art Exhibition (Daitoa-Senso-Bijutsuten) in 1942 and 1943. However,considering things from a post-warpoint of view, it was a tragedy that theyreached their peak as painters duringWorld War II.30 MAGAZINE ISSUE <strong>10</strong>
ArticlesUntil now, many war paintingshave been missing. Some of them mayhave been burned in air raids whileothers were possibly hidden. Theclarification of these details and reevaluationof Japanese war picturesare expected. Because the subjectmatter doesn’t exceed the splendorand brilliance of excellent art. Ofcourse, this evaluation of art history isdifferent from praise of Japaneseaggressive war. Needless to say, inorder to promote the research and thestudy of art history, mutualunderstanding between Japan and theformer belligerent countries are veryimportant. At this point, the efforts ofthe staff at Museum Bronbeek andother collaborators (Drs. PauljacVerhoeven, Mrs. Dr. K. Maekawa, Drs.H. van den Akker and Drs. M.J.Lohnstein) are certainly worthy ofadmiration, even if this exhibitionsimply looks back on the history withJapanese war record pictures.Until now, many warpaintings have beenmissing. Some of themmay have been burnedin air raids while otherswere possibly hiddenARIOKA Ichiro Sea Battle of JavaInformation:Museum BronbeekVelperweg 1476824 MB Arnhem, The NetherlandsISSUE <strong>10</strong> MAGAZINE 31
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