Kuroda Seiki
Viscount Kuroda Seiki (黒田 清輝, August 9, 1866 – July 15, 1924) was a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western art theory and practice to a wide Japanese audience.
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| Born | Kuroda Shintarō August 9, 1866 Kagoshima, Japan |
| Died | July 15, 1924 (aged 57) Tokyo, Japan |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Yōga |
He was among the leaders of the yōga (or Western-style) movement in late 19th and early 20th-century Japanese painting, and has come to be remembered in Japan as "the father of Western-style painting."
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