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*''Japanese'': [[和田]]英作 ''(Wada Eisaku)''
Wada Eisaku was a ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter of the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through Shôwa periods, and director of the ''[[Tokyo bijutsu gakkô]]'' ("Tokyo Art School," today the [[Tokyo University of the Arts]]).
Born in [[Kagoshima prefecture]] in [[1874]], he began studying under [[Kuroda Seiki]] in [[1894]], at the age of 20. By age 29, in [[1903]], he was working as a teacher at the Tokyo Art School.
Wada became head of the school in 1932, at the age of 58. In 1943, he was awarded the [[Order of Culture]].
He died in 1959 at the age of 84.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16440645326/sizes/l]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]