Born into a samurai family of the Mito domain.
He was in the first class of the new Tokyo School of Fine Arts, studying under Okakura Tenshin and Hashimoto Gahō.
He joined Tenshin in founding the Japan Art Institute.
Around this time he tried a style suppressing outlines and using washes to render air and light, mocked as mōrōtai, the "vague style".
With Hishida Shunsō he toured America and Europe, holding exhibitions.
He moved with the Japan Art Institute to Izura in Ibaraki.
After Tenshin's death he revived the Japan Art Institute.
He completed Seisei Ruten, a long handscroll depicting the life cycle of water.
He received the first Order of Culture.
He died in Tokyo.
Okakura Kakuzō (Tenshin)Hishida Shunsō
Masaoka ShikiToyoda SakichiKōda RohanOzaki KōyōAkiyama SaneyukiKitamura TokokuShiga KiyoshiKunikida Doppo
People of the Meiji period ・ People by period
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