Artist
Tomioka Tessai
Japanese, 1837–1924
Tomioka Tessai was a Japanese Realism artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Tomioka Tessai was born in Sanjō Street.
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.
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