Takahashi Yuichi

Born: 1828
Died: 1894
Japanese: 高橋由一 (Takahashi Yuichi)

Takahashi Yuichi was a pioneer of Western-style oil painting, or yôga.

Among his most famous works are a portrait of the Meiji Emperor completed in 1880,^[1] and a still life of a salmon on a wooden board (both painted on canvas); he is known for his exceptional realism.

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References

↑ Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 179.

[1] Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 179.

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