Yamamoto Morinosuke

Japanese: 山本森之助 (Yamamoto Morinosuke)

Yamamoto Morinosuke was the first artist to teach Western-style oil painting in Okinawa.

He began teaching at Okinawa Prefectural #1 Middle School (Okinawa kenritsu daiichi chûgakkô) in 1901.

His students included Tokashiki Isen 渡嘉敷唯選 (1886-1927) and Nishime Seiraku 西銘生楽 (1887-1924), who then went on to become likely the first teachers of Western-style oil painting in Okinawa to be Okinawan.

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References

Miyazato Masako 宮里正子, "Geijutsu, Geinô katsudô he no shinshutsu"「芸術・芸能活動への進出」, Naha onna no ashiato, Naha joseishi (Sengo hen) なは・女のあしあと　那覇女性史（戦後編）, Naha-shi sômubu josei shitsu 那覇市総務部女性室（ed.）, Naha: Ryukyu Shimpo-sha (2001), 378.