Takahashi Yuichi

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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.

References

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