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- Original name:
- Takeuchi Kōkichi
- Born:
- Dec. 20, 1864, Kyōto, Japan
- Died:
- Aug. 23, 1942, Kyōto (aged 77)
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Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter
Also known as: Takeuchi Kōkichi
Takeuchi Seihō (born Dec. 20, 1864, Kyōto, Japan—died Aug. 23, 1942, Kyōto) was a representative painter of the modern Japanese style.
He started studying painting at the age of 14, and when he was 17 he became a pupil of Kōno Bairei. In 1889 he became a teacher at the Kyōto School of Arts and Crafts. After a year in Europe at the turn of the century he returned to Japan under the influence of the Impressionists. He stressed the importance of sketching nature, but he also freely utilized techniques of Chinese and Western paintings. Among his representative works are “Autumn in the Ancient Capital,” “Rain and Hail,” and “Moonlight in Venice.”
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