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*''Born: [[1843]]''
*''Japanese'': 仲宗根嶂山 ''(Nakasone Shouzan)''
Nakasone Shôzan was a court painter in the service of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Originally from [[Shuri]], he was appointed official court painter to the royal court in [[1865]]. He is known for his views of the capital, including a painting of [[Shuri castle]] today held by the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, and an accordion book of illustrations of the "Customs and Manners of Okinawa" (''Okinawa fûzoku no zu'') in the University of Hawaii collection.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Picturing the Ryukyus" exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Feb 2013.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Japanese'': 仲宗根嶂山 ''(Nakasone Shouzan)''
Nakasone Shôzan was a court painter in the service of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Originally from [[Shuri]], he was appointed official court painter to the royal court in [[1865]]. He is known for his views of the capital, including a painting of [[Shuri castle]] today held by the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, and an accordion book of illustrations of the "Customs and Manners of Okinawa" (''Okinawa fûzoku no zu'') in the University of Hawaii collection.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Picturing the Ryukyus" exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Feb 2013.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]