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Takahashi Yuichi was a pioneer of Western-style oil painting, or ''[[yoga|yôga]]''.

Takahashi Yuichi was a pioneer of Western-style oil painting, or ''[[yoga|yôga]]''.

He studied under [[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]], among others.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 181. </ref>

He studied under [[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]], among others.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 181. </ref> He lived in [[Shanghai]] for several years from [[1871]]-[[1873]], during which time he may have had more contact with Western art. He then returned to Japan and established his own art school at [[Nihonbashi]] in 1873.

Among Yuichi's most famous works are a portrait of the [[Meiji Emperor]] completed in [[1880]],<ref>Schirokauer, et al., 179.</ref> and a still life of a salmon on a wooden board (both painted on canvas); he is known for his exceptional realism.

Among Yuichi's most famous works are a portrait of the [[Meiji Emperor]] completed in [[1880]],<ref>Schirokauer, et al., 179.</ref> and a still life of a salmon on a wooden board (both painted on canvas) which caused a sensation when shown in [[1877]]; he is known for his exceptional realism.

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