Kunisawa Shinkurō
Kunisawa Shinkurō (1848–1877) was a pioneer of Western-style painting in early Meiji Japan. Born to a retainer of the Tosa Domain, he studied in England under John Edgar Williams, before opening the Shōgidō art school in 1874, upon his return to Japan. His students include Honda Kinkichirō, Morizumi Isana, 荒木寛畝 (1831~1915) and Asai Chū.
Kunisawa Shinkurō
Kunisawa Shinkuro 国沢新九郎 (1848-1877) · [1] · Public domain
- Name
- Kunisawa Shinkurō
- Born
- 27 January 1848
- Died
- 12 March 1877
- Field
- Painting
- Movement
- Yōga
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- Japanese painting
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Kunisawa Shinkurō (1848–1877) was a pioneer of Western-style painting in early Meiji Japan. Born to a retainer of the Tosa Domain, he studied in England under John Edgar Williams, before opening the Shōgidō art school in 1874, upon his return to Japan. His students include Honda Kinkichirō, Morizumi Isana, 荒木寛畝 (1831~1915) and Asai Chū.
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• Name — Kunisawa Shinkurō • Born — 27 January 1848 • Died — 12 March 1877 • Field — Painting • Movement — Yōga
Seascape, by Kunisawa Shinkuro, Tokyo National Museum, Japan
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- 1.Sullivan, Michael. The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art. University of California Press. 122. 1989. 0520059026.
- 2.Dōshin Satō. Modern Japanese Art and the Meiji State: The Politics of Beauty. Getty Research Institute. 80. 2011. 9781606060599.
- 3.Miwa Hideo. Bijutsu Kenkyū. Tokyo Research Institute for Cultural Properties. 321. 1982.
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