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Yamamoto Hôsui was a prominent ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' (Western-style) painter of the [[Meiji period]], the first of the students of [[Antonio Fontanesi]] to travel to Europe to study painting there.

Yamamoto Hôsui was a prominent ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' (Western-style) painter of the [[Meiji period]], the first of the students of [[Antonio Fontanesi]] to travel to Europe to study painting there.

Born in the town of Akechi in [[Mino province]], he was originally named Tamenosuke, but later took on a number of pseudonyms, including Hôsui and Seiko<!--生巧-->. His father's name was Yamamoto Gonpachi<!--権八-->. Hôsui first began practicing painting under [[Kubota Yukie]] in Kyoto in [[1868]], at the age of 18. At that time, he trained in creating traditional-style ink paintings in the literati ''[[nanga]]'' mode, under the name Umetani<!--楳谷-->. The work of Western-style painter [[Goseda Horyu|Goseda Hôryû]] caught his eye, however, and beginning in [[1871]], he studied under Hôryû in [[Yokohama]] for a time, where he was influenced as well by Hôryû's son [[Goseda Yoshimatsu]], and the political cartoon artist [[Charles Wirgman]]. Once the [[Technical Fine Arts School]] (''Kobu Bijutsu Gakkô'') opened in Tokyo in [[1876]], Hôsui moved there, where he began to study under Antonio Fontanesi, an Italian master brought in by the Japanese government to teach modern Western painting. The following year, he showed a painting entitled "Kôtô-no-naishi Viewing the Moon" at the First National Industrial Exposition, and was awarded third place, gaining some degree of recognition.

Born in the town of Akechi in [[Mino province]], he was originally named Tamenosuke, but later took on a number of pseudonyms, including Hôsui and Seiko<!--生巧-->. His father's name was Yamamoto Gonpachi<!--権八-->. Hôsui first began practicing painting under [[Kubota Yukie]] in Kyoto in [[1868]], at the age of 18. At that time, he trained in creating traditional-style ink paintings in the literati ''[[nanga]]'' mode, under the name Umetani<!--楳谷-->. The work of Western-style painter [[Goseda Horyu|Goseda Hôryû]] caught his eye, however, and beginning in [[1871]], he studied under Hôryû in [[Yokohama]] for a time, where he was influenced as well by Hôryû's son [[Goseda Yoshimatsu]], and the political cartoon artist [[Charles Wirgman]]. Once the [[Technical Art School]] (''Kobu Bijutsu Gakkô'') opened in Tokyo in [[1876]], Hôsui moved there, where he began to study under Antonio Fontanesi, an Italian master brought in by the Japanese government to teach modern Western painting. The following year, he showed a painting entitled "Kôtô-no-naishi Viewing the Moon" at the First National Industrial Exposition, and was awarded third place, gaining some degree of recognition.

The following year, in [[1878]], Hôsui left for Paris, where he was accepted as a student at the École de Beaux-Arts, and began studying under Jean-Leon Gerome, one of the greatest masters of Academic and [[Orientalist painting]] of his time. Hôsui remained in Paris for roughly ten years, becoming an accomplished Academic painter in his own right, completing highly polished and realistic depictions of nudes, portraits, and landscapes; after his return to Japan, he would also paint numerous works depicting more traditional Japanese subjects, such as [[Urashima Taro|Urashima Tarô]] and the twelve animal zodiac signs, albeit in wholly Western style. While in Paris, he is also credited with "discovering" [[Kuroda Seiki]], a talented painter who had come to Paris to study law, and with mentoring Kuroda and encouraging him to pursue painting more seriously.

The following year, in [[1878]], Hôsui left for Paris, where he was accepted as a student at the École de Beaux-Arts, and began studying under Jean-Leon Gerome, one of the greatest masters of Academic and [[Orientalist painting]] of his time. Hôsui remained in Paris for roughly ten years, becoming an accomplished Academic painter in his own right, completing highly polished and realistic depictions of nudes, portraits, and landscapes; after his return to Japan, he would also paint numerous works depicting more traditional Japanese subjects, such as [[Urashima Taro|Urashima Tarô]] and the twelve animal zodiac signs, albeit in wholly Western style. While in Paris, he is also credited with "discovering" [[Kuroda Seiki]], a talented painter who had come to Paris to study law, and with mentoring Kuroda and encouraging him to pursue painting more seriously.