Kuwashige Giichi (桑重儀一 ; 1883－1943) was a

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Biography

He studied in

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and taught morning class at the Taiheiyōgakai Institute. He became a member of the Ohira Western-style painting association.

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1883 births 1943 deaths Yōga painters 20th-century Japanese painters {{japan-painter-stub