was a Japanese painter.

Biography

Takeshiro Kanokogi studied with painters Matsubata Sangoro and later Koyama Shōtarō in

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. He traveled back and forth to

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France several times, at first when he was 26 years old. He spent around seven years in the city, during which time he studied with

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and

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at the . He is known for portrait, figure, land and seascape painting in the Western style.

Images

Kanokogi Frau.jpg, European Woman Kanokogi Mond.jpg, Moon Kanokogi Hirase.jpg, Dr. Kaio Hirase Kanokogi Erdbeben 1923.jpg,

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1923 Kanokogi Weiße Rose.jpg, Lady with a Red rose Konokogi Zeichnung1.jpg, Drawing, signed with ''Futō''

Collections

* Hiroshima Museum of Art * Kurashiki City Art Museum *

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Bibliography

''La vie et l’œuvre de Takeshiro Kanokogui: peintre japonais'', by Matsutarô Tokumi; translation by Masakiyo Miyamoto and Louis Marchand, Institut Franco-Japonais de Kyôto.

References

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1874 births 1941 deaths Académie Julian alumni Japanese portrait painters 20th-century Japanese painters Artists from Okayama Prefecture {{Japan-painter-stub