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[[File:Asaichu-statue.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Statue of Asai Chû at Sakura City Art Museum, in Sakura, Chiba.]]
*''Born: [[1856]]''
*''Died: [[1907]]''
*''Japanese'': [[浅井]]忠 ''(Asai Chuu)''

Asai Chû was one of the earliest and most prominent ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' (Western-style oil painting) artists in Japan.

Born into a samurai family in [[Sakura han]] ([[Shimousa province]], today [[Chiba prefecture]]), he later attended the ''[[kobu bijutsu gakko|kôbu bijutsu gakkô]]'' ("Technical Art School") in [[Tokyo]], the first and preeminent art school in Japan teaching Western art techniques & styles. He then went on to become one of the leading ''yôga'' painters of the [[Meiji period]].

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==References==
*Plaque on Asai Chû statue at Sakura City Art Museum.

[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]