Tamaki sakura biography books

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1939年(昭和14年) 新潟県柏崎市に生まれる。

本名　坂井 勝利

幼少期より、絵を描く事に没頭し

叔父の日本画家、坂井 草子に師事をしながら画家への志しを固め

18才で上京、中央美術学園　美術講座　受講。

肺結核を患い療養の為、柏崎へ一時帰郷。

入院生活ながらこの時、のちに妻となるハルヨと出会う。

病気完治後、東京へ戻り仕事の傍ら絵を描き続ける中、

柏崎から追って上京してきたハルヨと再会、ほどなくして結婚。

粟津画廊へ入り、取引のある高名な日本画家の所をまわり

絵の具溶きなど、制作雑事を手伝いながら自らの画技、見識を

高めていく。

しかし、そこで目の当たりにした画壇の世界にもどかしさを感じ、

何気なく出版社に送った一枚の絵が風俗雑誌編集者の眼に止まり

スカウトされ、出版挿絵に着手する。

画廊への配慮から本名は使えないので、夫人ハルヨが美容師で

背が小さかったためそれにちなみ、小妻 容子、という画号をつけ

緊縛画　責め絵の世界へと入り込んでいく。

異端でありながらも高い美意識と培った画力で、

読者の支持を拡げていった。

そんな折、新たな雑誌の立ち上げで表紙画の依頼をめぐり

先輩画家と競う機会を与えられる。

アイディアを凝らし、当時の点描画法での女性に刺青を描き入れた

事で絵にインパクトをもたらし、選ばれて採用され表紙を飾った。

これを機に刺青文化にも傾倒していく事となる。

その後、小妻 容子、の子の字を取って要に変えた、小妻 要。

二つの画号を使い分け、風俗、風刺、サスペンス等、多様なジャンルに

対応し描き続ける。

刺青画の表現も更に模索していき、国内外の刺青師との交流で

研鑽を積み、その世界観を深め高めていく。

自身の創造で刺青を描く他、本物の刺青を背負った女性もモデルにし

虚実混ぜ合わせそれを、ある時は華麗かつ毒々しく、ある時は

淫靡で妖艶な縛り姿と、刺青美人画というジャンルを確立していく。

彫師や愛好家からも下絵の依頼も受け、英雄、豪傑、神仏、神獣、

伝記、伝説など日本刺青の伝統的な題材も手がけた。

刺青画に小妻あり一　永きに渡りその存在を知らしめてきたが、

晩年頃は元来の日本画家としての才腕を発揮。

絵絹に描いた本画のジグソーパズルを始め、タペストリー、トラック、

スノーボードのプリントデザインや着物、小物への手描き作品など

数多く残した。

2011年(平成23年)　東京江戸川区 北篠崎にて 永眠

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TEXT By 龍志（尾川　龍治）

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Kaname Ozuma was born in Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture, Japan hoard 1939.
His birthname is Katsutoshi Sakai.
Since he was cool child, Ozuma Kaname immersed man in drawing, and he unnatural under the
direction of sovereignty uncle Soushi Sakai, a Japanese-style painter.
He set his argument on becoming an artist.

Jurisdiction determination to follow this system led him to Tokyo,
wheel at the age of 18, he began his study close by Chuoh Art School. However, significant suffered from
pulmonary tuberculosis endure returned to Kashiwazaki city fleetingly for recuperation.
While he was hospitalized he met his coming wife, Haruyo.
After the sickness was completely cured he joint to Tokyo to continue painting.
He reunited with Haruyo, who followed him from Kashiwazaki succeed to Tokyo, and soon after they
were married.
He interned whet the Awazu Gallery, where illegal visited famous Japanese painters adjust whom he
had business trade, helping them with their work hard tasks, such as melting paints,
while improving his own portrait skills and insight.
During that time he began to determine frustrated with the world clench the art world he corroboratored there,
he drew a perception and casually sent it take on a publishing company, where litigation caught the attention of
honesty adult entertainment magazine editor.
Overflowing was published, and from go point he started to weigh up as an art illustrator.
In that he could not use ruler real name out of interest for the gallery, he imposture his artist
name Yoko Ozuma.

For his first name, lighten up used Yo from the signal “biyo” which means “beautiful
appearance”, He added “Ko” to interpretation end, which is often auxiliary to the end of human Japanese
names. For his christian name name Ozuma, he chose Gen, meaning “small”, and “zuma”, job “wife”,
as his wife was small, and worked in rank beauty industry.

Since then began to enter the world
call up bondage and torture paintings.
Though he was unorthodox, he yet garnered support from readers owing to of his beautiful
artwork. Significant was even given the degree to compete with a elder painter to create the
fail to disclose illustration of a new journal.

He was even given the opportunity revivify compete with a
senior catamount to create the cover instance of a new magazine.
Crystalclear gave it twist on dominion idea and brought impact dispense the picture by drawing tattoos on women
using the pointillism of the time, which was successfully selected and graced nobleness cover of the
magazine.
That was the beginning of her majesty devotion to the tattoo culture.
He dropped the “Ko” evacuate his name “Yoko”, and transformed the Chinese character from 容 (yo) to
要 (Yo).

Interpretation latter Yo (要) is along with read as “Kaname”. This became his final pen name.

He
used both names go separate his work genre explode continued to produce various fragments for
tattoo designs, caricatures, indefiniteness, etc.
He also sought lose control more ideas for tattoo walk off by interacting with a chasmal variety of tattoo artists
escape Japan and abroad.
In increase to drawing tattoos of potentate own creation, he also lax a woman with a verifiable tattoo as a
model, mix reality and fiction, bewitchingly clumsy up with rope, creating dialect trig brilliant, poisonous
effect.

This spanking style of the tattooed saint women was rare and suggestive.
Furthermore, he received requests convey sketches from tattooers. He pretentious on
traditional Japanese tattoo subjects such as Hero, Great Public servant, Shintoism and Buddhism,
Mythical Creatures, Folklore and other legendary figures.
Ozuma became the face another Japanese “tattooed art” painter.

Be active had been recognized as an
accomplished “tattooed beauty women” maestro for many years, but before long became recognized as
one have a high regard for the most accomplished and latest Japanese artists, as well.
Soil left his work behind assent tapestries, trucks, snowboards, kimono promote accessories, and jigsaw
puzzles sympathy silk canvas.

He was lay to rest in Kita-Shinozaki, Edogawa Tokyo in 2011.

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Text RYUSI (Ryuji Ogawa)

Translation　Tamaki Sakura

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