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*''Born: [[1850]]''
*''Died: 1921''
Honda Kinkichirô was a [[Meiji period]] artist and cartoonist; he served as the first cartoonist for the influential newspaper ''[[Marumaru chinbun]]''.
Kinkichirô originally studied surveying and drafting under a pair of Englishmen (''[[oyatoi gaikokujin]]'') at the [[Ministry of Construction]], and then at their suggestion, began practicing [[yoga|oil painting]], which he did under the tutelage of [[Kunizawa Shinkuro|Kunizawa Shinkurô]]. He later attended a private academy in [[Hiroshima]] run by [[Nomura Fumio]], who later invited him to join him on the ''Marumaru chinbun'', which Nomura founded in [[1877]].
Kinkichirô produced political cartoons and other illustrations for the publication until [[1882]], when he left to take a job as drawing instructor for the Military Academy.
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==References==
*Peter Duus, "The Marumaru Chinbun and the Origins of the Japanese Political Cartoon," ''International Journal of Comic Art'' 1 (1999), 50.
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