Japan: 'Nakamura Shikan V (Nakamura Utaemon V) in Dojoji (A Maiden at Dojoji)'. Oil on canvas painting by Okada Saburosuke (1869-1939), 1908, Kabuki-za Theate, Tokyo

'Nakamura Shikan V (Nakamura Utaemon V) in Dojoji (A Maiden at Dojoji)' by Okada Saburosuke (1869-1939), 1908.

Okada Saburosuke (12 January 1869 - 23 September, 1939) was a Japanese yōga (Western-style) painter. He was influenced by great yōga painters such as Kuroda Seiki and Kume Keiichiro, and became one of the founding members of Hakuba-kai (White Horse Society), an artists' association. He was awarded the Order of Culture in 1937, the highest honour in the Japanese cultural world.

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Okada Saburosuke (1869-1939)

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