Richard Douglas Lane
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Richard Lane was an American scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese art
. He lived in Japan
for much of his life, and had a long association with the Honolulu Academy of Arts
in Hawaii
, which now holds his vast art collection.
. After graduating from high school in 1944, during World War II
, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps
. In the Marines he trained as a Japanese
translator, and served in Japan during the war. He later received a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii
in Japanese and Chinese literature, and continued his studies at Columbia University
, where he earned a master's degree and a Ph.D in 18th-century Japanese literature. In 1957, he moved to Japan, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Lane was never on a university faculty, but supported himself as an author, dealer and consultant. He was a visiting research associate at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
from 1957 to 1971, during which time he helped catalog the James A. Michener
collection of Japanese prints. In 1960 he married physician Chiyeko Okawa; they remained married until her death in 1999. In 2002, he died intestate
and without heirs in Kyoto, Japan, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts purchased his collection from the Japanese judicial authorities. The Lane Collection consisted of nearly 20,000 paintings, prints and books.
From October 2008 to February 2009, the Academy exhibited a sampling of the collection under the title "Richard Lane and the Floating World". From March 2010 to June 2010, the Academy exhibited a second installment of the collection under the title "Masterpieces from the Richard Lane Collection".
Japanese art
Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper and more recently manga, cartoon, along with a myriad of other types of works of art...
. He lived in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
for much of his life, and had a long association with the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is an art museum in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. Since its founding in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke and opening April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to over 40,000 works of art.-Description:...
in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, which now holds his vast art collection.
Life
Lane was born in Kissimmee, FloridaKissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee is a city in Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 59,682. It is the county seat of Osceola County...
. After graduating from high school in 1944, during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
. In the Marines he trained as a Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
translator, and served in Japan during the war. He later received a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
in Japanese and Chinese literature, and continued his studies at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, where he earned a master's degree and a Ph.D in 18th-century Japanese literature. In 1957, he moved to Japan, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Lane was never on a university faculty, but supported himself as an author, dealer and consultant. He was a visiting research associate at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is an art museum in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. Since its founding in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke and opening April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to over 40,000 works of art.-Description:...
from 1957 to 1971, during which time he helped catalog the James A. Michener
James A. Michener
James Albert Michener was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which were sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating historical facts into the stories...
collection of Japanese prints. In 1960 he married physician Chiyeko Okawa; they remained married until her death in 1999. In 2002, he died intestate
Intestacy
Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies owning property greater than the sum of their enforceable debts and funeral expenses without having made a valid will or other binding declaration; alternatively where such a will or declaration has been made, but only applies to part of...
and without heirs in Kyoto, Japan, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts purchased his collection from the Japanese judicial authorities. The Lane Collection consisted of nearly 20,000 paintings, prints and books.
From October 2008 to February 2009, the Academy exhibited a sampling of the collection under the title "Richard Lane and the Floating World". From March 2010 to June 2010, the Academy exhibited a second installment of the collection under the title "Masterpieces from the Richard Lane Collection".
Publications
Richard Lane's publications include:- Lane, Richard, Erotica Japonica: Masterworks of ShungaShunga' is a Japanese term for erotic art. Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format. While rare, there are extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate the Ukiyo-e movement...
Painting, New York, Japan Publications, 1986. ISBN 0870406655 - Lane, Richard, HokusaiHokusaiwas a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting...
, Life and Work, New York, Dutton, 1989. ISBN 0525244557 - Lane, Richard, Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print, Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e, New York, Putnam, 1978. ISBN 0399121935
- Lane, Richard, Japanische Holzschnitte, München Zürich, Droemersche, 1964.
- Lane, Richard, L'Estampe Japonaise, Paris, Aimery Somogy, 1962.
- Lane, Richard, Masterpieces of Japanese Prints: The European Collections Ukiyo-e from the Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumThe Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, New York, Kodansha America Inc, 1991. ISBN 9784770016133 - Lane, Richard, Masters of the Japanese Print, Their World and Their Work (The Arts of Man series), Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1962.
- Lane, Richard, Shinpen Shoki Hanga: Makurae (ShungaShunga' is a Japanese term for erotic art. Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format. While rare, there are extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate the Ukiyo-e movement...
: The Ukiyo-e Primitives), Tokyo, Gakken, 1995. ISBN 4055001460 - Lane, Richard, Teihon Ukiyo-e Shunga Meihin Shusei (The Complete Ukiyo-e ShungaShunga' is a Japanese term for erotic art. Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format. While rare, there are extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate the Ukiyo-e movement...
), Tokyo, Kawade Shobo Shinsha. - Lane, Richard, Ukiyo-e Holschnitte. Künstler und Werke, Zürich, 1978.
- Lane, Richard Douglas, HokusaiHokusaiwas a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting...
to HiroshigeHiroshigewas a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige ....
, Köln, Galerie Eike Moog, 1977. - Michener, James A. with notes on the prints by Richard Lane, Japanese Prints, From the Early Masters to the Modern, Rutland, Vermont, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959.