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]]''.
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Among his most famous works are a portrait of the [[Meiji Emperor]] completed in [[1880]],<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 179. </ref> 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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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>
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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.