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*''Born: Meiji 1/12/11 (23 Jan [[1869]])''
*''Died: 1950''
*''Other Names'':　岡倉覚平 ''(Okakura Kakuhei)''
*''Japanese'': 岡倉秋水 ''(Okakura Shuusui)''

Okakura Shûsui was a ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter and nephew of [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]]. He studied under [[Kano Hogai|Kanô Hôgai]] and is perhaps best known for his copy of Hôgai's famous ''[[Hibo Kannon]]'' painting.[http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/hibo-kannon-352958]

He was born and raised Okakura Kakuhei in [[Fukui prefecture]], later taking on the name Shûsui.

Okakura enrolled in the Tokyo Fine Arts Academy in [[1889]], but left the following year to teach at a girls' high school, later becoming an instructor at [[Gakushuin Academy]]. In [[1900]], he founded the [[Jitsugetsukai]] artists' society along with [[Kobayashi Gokyo|Kobayashi Gôkyo]].

==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B2%A1%E5%80%89%E7%A7%8B%E6%B0%B4 Okakura Shûsui]." ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'' (日本人名大辞典, "Encyclopedia of Japanese Personages"). Kodansha, 2009. Kotobank.jp. Accessed 3 October 2011.

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