Tateishi Tetsuomi (1905-1980). Taiwan-Culture-Folklore Artist.
UPDATE 2019.11.17 - Debunk Instant Noodle History!
This photo is absolutely brilliant! It's a chicken-flavour dried noodle vendor at Dadaocheng during 1900s Taiwan under Japanese rule.
Why brilliant, because I had always known, from my book research, the first dried noodle was invented BEFORE the widely known Momofuku Ando's launch in 1958.
TAIWANESE WERE EATING IT IN TAIPEI BEFORE 1945!
The first dried chicken noodle in the world was first and only recorded here, drawn by Tateishi Tetsuomi . The address on the package is indeed today's Dadaocheng.
Update 2019. 6.17！
There are only 3 copies left in her shop, and will be sold for half-price. Totally worth it. I promise you they are fantastic!
台灣e店 Taiuan-e-tiam No. 6, Lane 76, Section 3, Xinsheng South Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, 106
灣生畫家─立石鐵臣
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| Dadaocheng. 1900s under Japanese rule 雞絲麺 |
This photo is absolutely brilliant! It's a chicken-flavour dried noodle vendor at Dadaocheng during 1900s Taiwan under Japanese rule.
Why brilliant, because I had always known, from my book research, the first dried noodle was invented BEFORE the widely known Momofuku Ando's launch in 1958.
TAIWANESE WERE EATING IT IN TAIPEI BEFORE 1945!
The first dried chicken noodle in the world was first and only recorded here, drawn by Tateishi Tetsuomi . The address on the package is indeed today's Dadaocheng.
Update 2019. 6.17！
So delighted that I have just bought this 'Out-of-Print' precious painting book AND an explanatory volume for half price! (slightly exterior water damage).
The owner says re-print is highly unlikely, because the second re-print had to have Tateishi wife approval and she is no longer 'to be found'.
The owner says re-print is highly unlikely, because the second re-print had to have Tateishi wife approval and she is no longer 'to be found'.
There are only 3 copies left in her shop, and will be sold for half-price. Totally worth it. I promise you they are fantastic!
台灣e店 Taiuan-e-tiam No. 6, Lane 76, Section 3, Xinsheng South Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, 106
Wansei
Painter - Tateishi Tetsuomi (1905-1980)
(Wansei refers to Japanese who were born in Taiwan during the colonial period)
TATEISHI Tetsuomi was born in Taiwan in 1905. He returned to his birthplace to find painting subjects and then he had been attracted by the landscape and local cultures of Taiwan. During his stay in Taiwan, he made oil paints, illustrations and wood engravings for the magazine Minzoku Taiwan (Taiwanese Folklore).
He was regarded as a promising painter, but his achievements were to be forgotten when he was repatriated to Japan at the end of WWII and lost most of his paintings. He earned a living as an illustrator for children’s books, but finally achieved unique expressions in his last years. This film reveals his ambition and struggle, and reflects the dramatic political, cultural and social change in Taiwan.
He was regarded as a promising painter, but his achievements were to be forgotten when he was repatriated to Japan at the end of WWII and lost most of his paintings. He earned a living as an illustrator for children’s books, but finally achieved unique expressions in his last years. This film reveals his ambition and struggle, and reflects the dramatic political, cultural and social change in Taiwan.
For
what had not been lost – they are the most remarkable, informative illustrations depicting Taiwanese culture, life and
people. Here are some pages from a printed collection album. Highly
recommend. Highly original. Highly Taiwanese.
1&2 Banqiao
Lin Family Mansion
3. Yingge Ceramic
4. Paiwan village visit
5. Old men
chatting at temple.
They look like Fagin in ‘Oliver’, London. So Western until
feet.
Hats were totally a fashion.
Hats were totally a fashion.
6.
7. Straw basket for cradle.
Sugarcane for flute.
8.
Turkey
is Chinese Pheonix (Fire bird). And it was introduced to Taiwan in the latter
part of WWII. So turkey meat was military ration as I read once somewhere.
(Covered in our book ‘A Culinary History of Taipei’)
(Covered in our book ‘A Culinary History of Taipei’)
9.
Interesting
this - Buffalo troops. Captains Japanese and drivers aborigine.
10. The
left arrowed compartment is for Guanyin statues.
11.
Pickles
and Miso making. First instant noodle on the planet – chicken flavour. Produced in
Dadaocheng. Around 1930s.
(Covered in our book ‘A Culinary History of Taipei’)
(Covered in our book ‘A Culinary History of Taipei’)
12. Festival Food
(Covered in our book 'A Culinary History of Taipei')
13. Glutinous Rice cake/food making
(I saw this gadget in a Hakka model house and it’s traditionally mother/daughter-in-law activity)
(Covered in our book 'A Culinary History of Taipei')
14. Multiple-function
chair. Standup an adult stool.
Sideway an infant playpen. Uplift a toddler carrier.
15. Dadaocheng, Yongle market
Probably the most classic example of Taiwanese market -
the food, the noise, the way Taiwanese men sit.
It's all there.
Sideway an infant playpen. Uplift a toddler carrier.
15. Dadaocheng, Yongle market
Probably the most classic example of Taiwanese market -
the food, the noise, the way Taiwanese men sit.
It's all there.
Note: This remarkable painting of what is supposedly a reenactment of life of prehistoric Taiwan was once featured in Taiwan’s elementary school textbooks. But did you know that the painting was produced right here in the NTU Campus?
Back in 1948, after the Retrocession of Taiwan, NTU’s Professor Shao-Xin Chen (陳紹馨) was put in charge of organizing the ethnology display for the first Taiwan Exposition. With this mission in mind, Chen sought assistance from his colleagues Professor Kokubu Naoichi and Professor Kanaseki Takeo to create this image of “Life in Prehistoric Taiwan.”
'Red Room' Taipei.2015
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