Kansetsu Hashimoto - Old Monkey with Cherry in Autumn - Google Art Project

Hashimoto Kansetsu (, November 10, 1883 – February 26, 1945) was a painter of nihonga (Japanese-style paintings) who was active in the

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

art world during the Showa and Taisho eras. Born in

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, he was the son of the painter Hashimoto Kaikan, from whom he gained a love of Chinese culture. He studied at Chikujokai, a private school established by the famous nihonga painter Takeuchi Seihō (1864–1942), but eventually withdrew due to differences of opinion. He visited Europe in 1921 and after that spent part of almost every year in China. Many of his paintings were inspired by Chinese scenery or Chinese classical literature. His former residence in

is now a museum of his work called the Hakusasonso (), or Hashimoto Kansetsu Memorial House.

References

*Ellen P. Conant, Steven D. Owyoung, J. Thomas Rimer. (1995). ''Nihonga: Transcending the Past: Japanese-style Painting, 1868-1968.'' St. Louis: St. Louis Art Museum. *Louis Frederic. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia (Harvard University Press Reference Library)''. Boston, Harvard University Press.

External links

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Hashimoto Kansetsu Memorial House

Hakusasonso Hashimoto Kansetsu Garden and Museum
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