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Bansho Shirabesho

Japanese government bureau
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  • The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai shows a towering blue wave threatening boats, with Mount Fuji visible in the background.
    Japanese art
    / Western-style painting

    …established a bureau (later named Bansho Shirabesho, or Institute for the Study of Western Documents) to study Western painting as part of an effort to master Western technology. Technical drawing was emphasized in the curriculum. Takahashi Yuichi, a graduate of that bureau, was the first Japanese artist of the period…

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    …established a bureau (later named Bansho Shirabesho, or Institute for the Study of Western Documents) to study Western painting as part of an effort to master Western technology. Technical drawing was emphasized in the curriculum. Takahashi Yuichi, a graduate of that bureau, was the first Japanese artist of the period…

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