斎藤 真一

Shinichi Saito

【Japanese】

■ 斎藤真一プロフィール
1922 岡山県児島郡味野町(現倉敷市)に生れる
1948 東京美術学校(師範科)を卒業。静岡市立第一中学校就任
1949 岡山県味野中学校に転任。萩野悦子と結婚。味野中学校を退職し、神奈川県鵠沼に住む
1953 静岡県立伊東高等学校に着任
1955 夏期休暇中、生徒を連れて伊豆の東海岸、西海岸、天城を歩き、写生旅行をする
以後、伊東高校在職中の18年間、毎年続ける
1957 光風会第43回展「立春の道」プールヴ賞を受賞する
1958 船で横浜からマルセーユ行き渡仏する。40日間かけてイタリアまで原動機付自転車で旅行する
1958 滞欧中、藤田嗣治と親交を結ぶ
1960 帰国時、藤田嗣治と再会、「日本に帰ったら秋田や東北が良い一生懸命に描きなさい」と励まされる
1960 文藝春秋画廊(東京)にて帰国後初個展
1961 夏、津軽へ行き、ねぶた祭に感動。津軽三味線の音色に驚き、宿の古老から瞽女のことを教えられる
1962 瞽女に惹かれ、盲目の女性を描く
1964 杉本キクエ瞽女を初めて訪ねる
1965 これより約10年間、休暇のほとんどをさいて瞽女を取材するため越後に通う
1970 羽黒洞(東京)主催で文藝春秋画廊にて「越後瞽女日記展」を主催
1971 「星になった瞽女(みさお瞽女の悲しみ)」で第14回安井賞佳作賞を受賞する
1972 『越後瞽女日記』(河原書房新社)、『瞽女=盲目の旅芸人』(日本放送協会)を刊行三越本店にて「越後瞽女日記展」
1973 『瞽女=盲目の旅芸人』で第21回エッセイストクラブ賞を、『越後瞽女日記』でADC賞(美術出版社)を受賞する
1973 映画『津軽じょんがら』のための挿入絵を制作し、考証にあたる
1973 劇団文化座による「越後瞽女日記」を考証する
1974 羽黒洞主催で上野松坂屋(東京)にて「津軽じょんがら―瞽女日記展」
1974 『津軽じょんがら―瞽女日記』(大西書店)を刊行
1975 羽黒洞主催で上野松坂屋にて「お春瞽女物語り展」
1975 私家版『お春瞽女物語りノート』(制作=大西祥司)を刊行
1976 イタリアのシチリア、ウンブリア、トスカーナを1ヶ月間旅行
1976 丸久松坂屋にて「越後瞽女日記展 斎藤真一」
1977 『瞽女斎藤真一画集』(毎日新聞社)を刊行。カルド・マディニオン画廊(パリ)にて個展を開催
1977 スイス、バーゼルのクンストメッセ出品、3ヶ月滞欧。(以後79年まで毎年出品)
1978 『絵日記瞽女を訪ねて』(日本放送出版協会)を刊行
1978 ドイツのアキシオム画廊(ゲルン)主催で個展のため渡欧する
1978 『斎藤真一放浪記』(美術出版社)から刊行
1978 スペインのラマンチャ、アンダルシアを旅行する
1980 『さすらい―斎藤真一画集』(講談社)を刊行
1980 不忍画廊にて「斎藤真一・さすらい画集原画展」
1980 天満屋岡山店にて「斎藤真一展」
1981 カナダのヴィクトリア美術館(モントリオール)に作品が収蔵される
1982 毎日新聞社主催で阪急ナビオ美術館(大阪)ほかにて「斎藤真一の世界展」
1982 不忍画廊にて「画廊コレクションによる斎藤真一展」
1982 船橋・西武美術館にて「魂の光炎を求めて30年 斎藤真一展」
1983 『一寸昔』、『風雨雪』(青英社)を刊行
1985 『ぶっちんごまの女(母の記)』(角川書店)を刊行
1985 『紙草紙 吉原炎上』(文藝春秋)を刊行
1985 『明治吉原細見記』(河出書房新社)を刊行
1985 毎日新聞紙社・西武美術館主催で西武アートフォーラム(東京)にて「斎藤真一・明治吉原細見記展」
1986 天満屋岡山店にて「明治吉原細見記展」
1986 不忍画廊にて「浪漫の女たち〈水墨淡彩掛軸シリーズ〉展」
1987 『斎藤真一放浪記』(美術出版社)を刊行
1987 日本橋高島屋にて「明治の吉原とその女たち―斎藤真一展」
1987 『明治吉原細見記』と『吉原炎上』が五社英雄監督によって映画「吉原炎上」(東映株式会社)として上映される
1989 毎日新聞社主催で阪急ナビオ美術館(大阪)にて「大正ロマンと昭和ロマン 竹久夢二と斎藤真一展」
1990 岡山県立美術館にて第7回洋画常設特別陳列「斎藤真一展」
1991 『昭和の美術』(第6巻)(毎日新聞社)に「現代の孤独」(世田谷美術館蔵)が選ばれる
1991 倉敷市立美術館にて「第4回郷土作家展 斎藤真一」
1991 不忍画廊にて「哀愁の街角ポルトガルにて斎藤真一新作小品展」
1991 山形県天童市に出羽桜美術館分館 斎藤真一心の美術館を開館する
1994 逝去

1995 池田二十世紀美術館(伊東)にて「斎藤真一の世界―想い出の伊東展」
1997 上越市立総合博物館にて「斎藤真一が描く、高田瞽女 越後瞽女日記展」
1999 東京ステーションギャラリーにて「失われし心への旅 斎藤真一展」
2003 岡山県立美術館にて個展「斎藤真一 さすらい展―なつかしき故里をもとめて」
2003 新津市美術館にて「越後の瞽女を描く 木下晋 斎藤真一展」
2003 リアス・アーク美術館にて「出羽桜美術館コレクションによる斎藤真一名作展
2004 滑川市博物館にて「瞽女の境涯を描く-斎藤真一展」
2009 武蔵野市立吉祥寺美術館にて「斎藤真一展 瞽女と哀愁の旅路」展


【English】

1922 born in Ajino (now Kurashiki), Kojima district, Okayama prefecture
1948 graduated Tokyo Geidai (instructor) and started working at Shizuoka Shimizu Daiichi Junior High School
1949 started a new job at Okayama Ajino Junior High School; married Hagino Etsuko; resigned from his job at Ajino Junior High School and moved to Kugenuma, Kanagawa prefecture
1953 took up a new job at Shizuoka Prefectural Ito High School
1955 during summer vacation he took his students to Izu’s east coast, west coast, Amagi and on a sketching excursion; he continued this tradition for 18 years, while working at Ito High School
1957 won the PourVous award for “Risshun no Michi” at the 43rd Kofukai exhibition
1958 he traveled by ship from Okinawa to Marseille, when visiting France; drove in 40 days to Italy with his motorbike
1958 while in Europe he developed a friendship with Fujita Tsuguharu
1960 when returning to Japan he met up again with Fujita Tsuguharu; “When you return to Japan, draw Akita and Tohoku as best as you can!”, he encouraged
1960 back in Japan he had his first solo exhibition at the Bungeishunju Gallery (Tokyo)
1961 went to Tsuragu in the summer and was deeply moved by the Nebuta Festival; he was amazed by the sound of the Tsugaru-Shamisen and learned from an elder at an inn about Goze
1962 because he was captivated by Goze, he drew a blind woman
1964 visited Goze Sugimoto Kikue for the first time
1965 for about 10 years he frequently visited Echigo almost every holiday to at least interview Goze
1970 Hagurodo (Tokyo) sponsored the “Echigo Goze Diary Exhibition” at Bungeishunju Gallery
1971 honorable mention at the 14th Yasui Award for “The Goze, Who Became Stars (The Sorrow Of Misao Goze)”
1972 published “Echigo Goze Diary” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), “Goze=Blind Itinerant Entertainers” (Japan Broadcasting Corporation, NHK) and held “Echigo Goze Diary Exhibition” at the Mitsukoshi main store
1973 won the 21st Essayist Club Award for “Goze=Blind Itinerant Entertainers” and the ADC Award (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha) for “Echigo Goze Diary”
1973 created the cover picture for the movie “Tsugaru Folk Song” and was asked to research the historical background
1973 Gekidan Bunkaza used “Echigo Goze Diary” for historical research
1974 Hagurodo (Tokyo) sponsored the “Tsugaru Folk Song – Echigo Goze Diary Exhibition” at Ueno Matsuzakaya (Tokyo)
1974 “Tsugaru Folk Song – Echigo Goze Diary” got published (Onishi Book Store)
1975 Hagurodo (Tokyo) sponsored the “Oharu Goze Monogatari Exhibition” in Ueno Matsuzakaya
1975 private press edition of “Oharu Goze Monogatari Notebook” got published (production=Oonishi Shouji)
1976 one month vacation in Italy’s Sicilia, Umbria and Tuscany
1976 “Echigo Goze Diary Exhibition – Saito Shinichi” Marukyu Matsuzakaya
1977 “Goze Shinichi Saito – Art Book” (Mainichi Shinbunsha) was published; held a solo exhibition in Paris
1977 while staying in Europe for 3 months, his works were exhibited at Basel’s Kunst Messe, Switzerland (exhibited every year until 1979)
1978 “Illustrated Diary: visiting Goze” (NHK Publishing, Inc.) got published
1978 sponsored by Germany’s Galerie Axiom (Köln) for a solo exhibition
1978 published “Saito Shinichi: A Wanderer’s Notebook” (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha)
1978 traveled to La Mancha, Andalusia in Spain
1980 published “Sasurai – Saito Shinichi Art Book” (Kodansha)
1980 “Saito Shinichi: Sasurai, Original Picture Art Book Exhibition” at Shinobazu Gallery
1980 “Saito Shinichi Exhibition” at Tenmaya Okayama Store
1981 Victoria Art Museum (Montreal, Canada) collected his works
1982 “The World of Saito Shinichi Exhibition” at Hankyu NAVI Museum of Art (Osaka), sponsored by Mainichi Shinbunsha
1982 “From the Gallery’s Collection: Saito Shinichi Exhibition” at Shinobazu Gallery
1982 “Saito Shinichi: 30 years In Search Of The Flame Of The Spirit Exhibition” at Funabashi Seibun Museum of Art
1983 “A Little While Ago” and “Wind Snow Rain” (Aoeisha) was published
1985 “Bucchangoma no Onna (Chronicles Of A Mother)” (Kadokawa Shoten) was published
1985 “Picture book: Yoshiwara Enjo” (Bungeishunju) was published
1985 “Meiji Yoshiwara Saikenki” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha) was published
1985 sponsored by Mainichi Shinbunsha and Seibu Museum of Art he held the “Saito Shinichi: Meiji Yoshiwara Saikenki Exhibition” at Seibun Art Forum (Tokyo)
1986 “Meiji Yoshiwara Saikenki Exhibition” at the Tenmaya Okayama Store
1986 “Rouman no Onnatachi (Water and ink light colouring Kakejiku series) Exhibition” at the Shinobazu Gallery
1987 “Saito Shinichi: A Wanderer’s Notebook” (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha) was published
1987 “Saito Shinichi: Meiji no Yoshiwara to sono Onnatachi Exhibition” at Nihonbashi Takashimaya
1987 “Meiji Yoshiwara Saikenki” and “Yoshiwara Enjo” were adapted into the movie “Tokyo Bordello” (Toei Company, Ltd.) under the supervision of Gosha Hideo
1989 “Takehisa Yumeji and Saito Shinichi: Taisho Roman and Showa Roman Exhibition” at Hankyu NAVI Museum of Art (Osaka), sponsored by Mainichi Shinbunsha
1990 “Saito Shinichi Exhibition” at the 7th Western Painting Permanent Special Exhibition at Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
1991 “Modern Isolation“ (Setagaya Art Museum Collection) was selected for “Showa Art” Volume 6, Mainichi Shinbunsha
1991 “Saito Shinichi: 4th Local Artist Exhibition“ at Kurashiki City Art Museum
1991 “Aishuu no Machikado Portugal, Saito Shinichi New Sketch Exhibition“ at Shinobazu Gallery
1991 The Saito Shinichi: Kokoro no Bijutsukan opened at Tewazakura Art Museum Annex in Tendo, Yamagata
1994 death

1995 “Saito Shinichi’s World – Memories of Ito Exhibition“ at Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art (Ito)
1997 “Saito Shinichi draws, Takada Goze and Echigo Goze diary Exhibition“ at Joetsu City History Museum
1999 “Saito Shinichi – Journey to the Lost Heart Exhibition“ at Tokyo Station Gallery
2003 “Saito Shinichi – Sasurai Exhibition – Searching for the nostalgic home town“ solo exhibition at Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
2003 “Drawing Echigo’s Goze: Kinoshita Susumu, Saito Shinichi Exhibition“ at Niitsu Art Museum
2003 “From Tewazakura Art Museum’s Collection: Saito Shinichi masterpieces Exhibition“ at Rias Ark Museum of Art
2004 “Drawing Goze’s Life – Saito Shinichi Exhibition“ at Namerikawa City Museum
2009 “Saito Shinichi Exhibition: Journey of Sorrow and Goze“ at Kichijoji Art Museum


【Text Japanese】

瀬木慎一(美術評論家)  text

【Article Japanese】
読売新聞 1995.3.29 越後の山野をさまよい歩く瞽女をひとすじに命がけで描いて text
⻄日本新聞 1995.4.5 命の火を燃え立たせた赤 命の輝きを描く text


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