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Hashimoto Gah? was a Japanese artist, one of the last to paint in the Kan? School style.
He was born in Edo, where he studied painting at Kan? Sh?sen'i and was heavily influenced by Kan? H?gai's work. Hashimoto Gah? has created many works in the traditional Kan? School style using color and gold, or in other cases, black and white ink. But while in his paintings were mostly traditionalist, using traditional methods and depicting traditional objects, Hashimoto Gah?, like Kan? H?gai, included elements of Western art.
His pictures, as well as those of many other Japanese artists from that period, show artistic techniques, various types of detail, and in particular attempts to correctly depict the perspective.
In 1860, he opened his studio, but the political and economic upheavals around Meiji Restoration forced Hashimoto Gah? to seek income in other ways than by selling fine art. He made maps for Naval Academy, drawing on fans and using his skills in some different ways to make a living.
Kan? H?gai was invited in 1884 by Okakura Kakuz? to become Chief Professor of Painting at Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko, now Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
In 1898 he joined another artist, Okakura, both left T?ky? Bijutsu Gakko and founded the Japan Fine Arts Academy. Hashimoto Gah? taught there until his death in 1908.
As a result of his position as Chief Professor of Painting, Gah? had many important students, including Yokoyama Taikan and Kawai Gyokud?. |
