Takeuchi Seiho

Takeuchi Seiho was born in Kyoto in 1864 and died in 1942. He studied under Tsuchida Eirin and was a pupil of Kono Bairei. He sketched in many places and copied old paintings and masterpieces of other schools as nourishment for his art.

At the 1892 Kyoto Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, he was called the "nue school" because styles of various schools were mingled in his work. In 1900 he went to Europe in connection with the Paris Exposition. He served as a judge at the Bunten and contributed works such as "After the Rain" and "Pet Monkey and Rabbit."

He also served as a full-time instructor at the Kyoto City School of Painting and trained many pupils, beginning with Tsuchida Bakusen. Throughout his life he held to sketching from real subjects, fused schools including Western art into a distinctive artistic realm, became an Imperial Household Artist, and in 1937 received the first Order of Culture since its establishment. His works include "Lion."