Hōsui Yamamoto

Hōsui Yamamoto (1850–1906) was a Japanese painter.

Also recorded as Yamamoto Tamenosuke; Hosui Yamamoto; Housui Yamamoto.

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Overview

Born at Akechi in 1850, died at Tokyo in 1906.

In detail

Hōsui Yamamoto studied at Technical Fine Arts School and Beaux-Arts de Paris. training under Jean-Léon Gérôme, Goseda Hōryū and Antonio Fontanesi is recorded. Ichirō Yuasa, Fujishima Takeji and Shirataki Ikunosuke are recorded as having studied under Hōsui Yamamoto.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with Yōga.

Membership is recorded of Meiji Fine Arts Society and Hakubakai.

Work by Hōsui Yamamoto is recorded in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Yamamoto Hōsui”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3146372: Hōsui Yamamoto

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