(b Kagoshima, 18 Sept 1867; d Tokyo, 19 March 1943). Japanese painter. After studying Nihonga (modern Japanese-style painting), in 1884 he went to Tokyo, where he became the pupil of the Shijo-school artist Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913). He changed to Yoga (Western-style painting) in 1890, studying with Yukihiko Soyama (1859-92) and Hosui Yamamoto (1850-1906). When the course in Yoga was established at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music) in 1896, he was made an assistant professor on the recommendation of Seiki Kuroda (1866-1924), at the same time becoming a member of the Hakubakai (White Horse Society). Through his contact with Kuroda he was introduced to plein-air painting, but he was soon influenced by Art Nouveau and other European fin-de-si?cle styles.
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