Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai  (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.Tessai was born in 1837 in Kyoto, as the second son of Tomioka Korenobu, who sold sacerdotal robes. Because his hearing was not good his parents decided he should be a scholar, rather than a merchant. He was educated as a scholar in classical Chinese philosophy and literature and the ancient Japanese classics under noted kokugaku scholar Okuni Tadamasa.

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai

Tomioka Tessai