Japan: 'Summer Airing'. Oil on canvas painting by Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934), c. 1890, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo

'Summer Airing'. Oil on canvas painting by Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934), c. 1890.

Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934) was a Japanese painter from Edo. He became a follower of the yōga (Western-style) of painting, and journeyed for a time through France and Italy. He aided in the formation of the Meiji Bijutsukai in 1889, the first art association in Japan championing western-style painting.

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Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934)

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