Tomioka Tessai | |
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![]() Tomioka Tessai | |
Born | Tomioka Yusuke, Tomioka Hyakuren January 25, 1836[1] or January 27, 1837[citation needed] |
Died | December 31, 1924 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for | Painter, calligrapher |
Movement | Bunjinga, Nihonga |
Tomioka Tessai (富岡 鉄斎, 25 January 1836 or 27 January 1837 – 31 December 1924) was the pseudonym for a painter and calligrapher in imperial Japan. He is regarded as the last major artist in the Bunjinga tradition and one of the first major artists of the Nihonga style. His real name was Yusuke, which he later changed to Hyakuren.
TESSAI (TOMIOKA) (1836-1924) Name: Tomioka Hyakuren. Childhood name: Yusuke. Go: Tessai, Tetsjujin, Tesshi, Tetsugai. Born in Kyoto on the 25th day of the last month of Tempo 7 (1836). The second son of Tomioka Korenobu, a shopkeeper.