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was a Japanese sculptor and artist, noted for his great artistry and skill in bronze casting. ==Career== Joun was born to a family of metalworkers and was famous for his skill in casting bronze. He was the son of Ōshima Takajiro, whose own father Ōshima Yasubei was the first metal craftsman in the family.〔 He was a professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (東京美術学校 ''Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō''; name changed in 2008 to Tokyo University of the Arts) from 1887 until 1932. His studio, Sanseisha — run with his brother Ōshima Yasutaro, also a skilled artist — was very successful and at one point employed 11 assistants. During the period 1875 to 1879, the studio "produced some of the finest bronzes ever produced in Japan."〔 Old labels on Joun's ''tomobako'' (wooden storage boxes) suggest that the well-established Ginza, Tokyo purveyor of silver and other fine metal wares Miyamoto-Shoko (established 1880) may also have handled some of Joun's sales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Miyamoto Shoko's website. Accessed 04-30-2013 )〕 Many of Joun's students (Ryūki, Chōkichi Suzuki (see mention in Victoria and Albert Museum), Sessei Okazaki, Kumazō Hasegawa, Gorosaburō Kanaya, Eisuke Jomi) went on to achieve distinction of their own.〔Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911. s.v. "Japan/Bronze Casting." Cambridge:University Press."〕 He exhibited at the 2nd National Industrial Exposition in 1881, and at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1900), and the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910. There appears to be some debate about the correct attribution of the ''gō'' (or art-name) Ōshima Joun to either Ōshima Katsujiro〔As one of the oldest English language sources available on this name attribution issue, the authors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica of 1911 argue for Katsujiro in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911. s.v. "Japan/Bronze Casting." Cambridge:University Press. Similarly, in 1991, Impey and Fairley argue for Katsujiro in ''The Dragon King of the Sea,'' 1991. Oxford:Ashmolean Museum.〕 or his brother Ōshima Yasutaro.〔As possibly the most authoritative modern source in English, Fairley, Harris, and Impey argue for Yasutaro in ''Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan:Metalwork Part II'' (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art) Entry no. 102. "Oshima Joun." 1995. London: Kibo Foundation.〕 Both were noted artists in metal, and there was another ''gō'' in use at the time, Ōshima Shōkaku〔Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911. s.v. "Japan/Bronze Casting." Cambridge:University Press.〕 (var. Shokaken〔''Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan:Metalwork Part II'' (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art) Entry no. 102. "Oshima Joun." 1995. London: Kibo Foundation.〕), but there appears to be confusion about which brother should properly be associated with each of these art names. The Oshima Joun obituary at the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties appears to preference Ōshima Katsujiro taking Ōshima Joun, and Captain F. Brinkley's 1902 ''Japan: Its History, Arts, and Literature'',〔Captain F. Brinkley. ''Japan: Its History, Arts, and Literature''. (Series, Volume VII. ) (Boston and Tokyo: JB Millet Company. 1902. Pp. 144-145, and P. 20 of Appendix: Names, Periods, and Schools of Japanese Pictorial Artists.)〕 also asserts that Ōshima Katsujiro used the Ōshima Joun ''gō'', but an authoritative history of the matter is needed. Ōshima Joun died in Tokyo on January 4, 1940, at 83 years old.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ōshima Joun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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