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The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory. 2024, 5, p. 144-151

Representation of Nature in Design : Shinzo Komuro and Christopher Dresser

Takeuchi, Yuko

The ACDHT 2023 TOKYO Executive Committee

英語

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2024-03

Session VII : Inheritance of Design

Shinzo Komuro (1870–1922) was the first educator to publish a design theory during the Meiji period. His colleagues at Tokyo Technical School focused on the South Kensington method of design education, while Komuro introduced the abstraction of botanical motifs as ‘Benka,’ translating from ‘conventional treatment.’ This methodology suggests composing design patterns based on sketches of natural objects. Although Komuro quotes Christopher Dresser’s design treatises from Principles of Decorative Design (1873) in Ippan Zuanho (The General Design Method), published in 1909, few studies have focused on Komuro’s adoption of Western design methodology, how Komuro imported the word Benka, and the meanings of this term [1]. This paper outlines how the doctrines of the Government School of Design were accepted in Japan; it further discusses how Komuro adopted and modified Dresser’s botanical representation. Consequently, the word Benka originated from its use in the Government School of Design, which Komuro later adapted to construct a systematic design teaching in Japan.

10.18910/95355

95355

Representation of Nature in Design : Shinzo Komuro and Christopher Dresser

Takeuchi, Yuko

The ACDHT 2023 TOKYO Executive Committee

英語

2024-03

The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory

5

144

151

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/95355

10.18910/95355

https://doi.org/10.18910/95355