Holy Resurrection Cathedral inTokyo
Nikolai the Traveler
Orthodoxy rainbow
Rin Yamashita, a Japanese Iconographer
From here. Photos from here (εκεί ελληνικά)
Rin Yamashita was born in 1857 in a poor Samurai family in the town
of Kashima, Japan. As a little girl, she loved drawing and sculpting.
When Rin was 16, she went to Tokyo to study art. There she met Father
Nicholas and became seriously interested in the Orthodox faith. Some of
her Japanese friends in Tokyo were Orthodox Christians. Rin converted
to Christianity and was given the Russian name Irina.
Irina loved Russian art, especially Ivan Kramskoy’s painting Christ in the Desert.
At that time, the Orthodox Church in Tokyo did not have icons, and there was need for an icon-painting school. Bishop Nicholas saw how talented Irina was and sent her to Saint Petersburg to study iconography.
The climate of Saint Petersburg was very difficult for Irina, and she was often ill. But she was a good student and learned well. Her favourite place in Saint Petersburg was the Hermitage.
Father Nicholas sent letters to Irina to encourage (поддержать) her. He told Irina that she would become a wonderful painter.
In 1883 Irina returned to Japan. She painted icons for the church
and taught many students. With her help, many Japanese people learned
to understand and love Russian culture and art. Her icon of the
Theotokos was given to Tsarevich Nicholas, future Tsar Nicholas II, when
he visited Japan in 1891.
Irina died in 1939. Sadly (к сожалению), many icons painted by Irina Yamashita were lost in an earthquake. Her icon of the Theotokos presented to Tsar Nicholas II is now kept in the Hermitage.
See also
Orthodox Church and Southeast Asia
私は日本が大好きです – 日本の聖ニコラス ╰⊰¸¸.•¨* I LOVE JAPAN – ST JOHN MAXIMOVITCH & ST NICKOLAS KASATKIN OF JAPAN – スマイル – 正教会
Find an Orthodox Church in Japan. Discover Ancient Christian Faith in Japan.日本正教会を探す。 日本の古代キリスト教の信仰を発見。
"THE WAY" - An Introduction to the Orthodox Faith
Nikolai the Traveler
Orthodoxy rainbow
Rin Yamashita, a Japanese Iconographer
From here. Photos from here (εκεί ελληνικά)
Rin Yamashita was born in 1857 in a poor Samurai family in the town
of Kashima, Japan. As a little girl, she loved drawing and sculpting.
When Rin was 16, she went to Tokyo to study art. There she met Father
Nicholas and became seriously interested in the Orthodox faith. Some of
her Japanese friends in Tokyo were Orthodox Christians. Rin converted
to Christianity and was given the Russian name Irina.Irina loved Russian art, especially Ivan Kramskoy’s painting Christ in the Desert.
At that time, the Orthodox Church in Tokyo did not have icons, and there was need for an icon-painting school. Bishop Nicholas saw how talented Irina was and sent her to Saint Petersburg to study iconography.
The climate of Saint Petersburg was very difficult for Irina, and she was often ill. But she was a good student and learned well. Her favourite place in Saint Petersburg was the Hermitage.
Father Nicholas sent letters to Irina to encourage (поддержать) her. He told Irina that she would become a wonderful painter.
In 1883 Irina returned to Japan. She painted icons for the church
and taught many students. With her help, many Japanese people learned
to understand and love Russian culture and art. Her icon of the
Theotokos was given to Tsarevich Nicholas, future Tsar Nicholas II, when
he visited Japan in 1891. Irina died in 1939. Sadly (к сожалению), many icons painted by Irina Yamashita were lost in an earthquake. Her icon of the Theotokos presented to Tsar Nicholas II is now kept in the Hermitage.
See also
Orthodox Church and Southeast Asia
私は日本が大好きです – 日本の聖ニコラス ╰⊰¸¸.•¨* I LOVE JAPAN – ST JOHN MAXIMOVITCH & ST NICKOLAS KASATKIN OF JAPAN – スマイル – 正教会
Find an Orthodox Church in Japan. Discover Ancient Christian Faith in Japan.日本正教会を探す。 日本の古代キリスト教の信仰を発見。
"THE WAY" - An Introduction to the Orthodox Faith
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