Japan Art and Goyō Hashiguchi: Sketchbook Beauties
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
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Goyō Hashiguchi (1880-1921) was born during the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Sadly, at a relatively young age, he died during the Taisho Period (1912-1926).
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Goyō was born in the prefecture of Kagoshima. However, he moved to Tokyo at a young age and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Despite dying relatively young, he was at the forefront of the shin hanga (new prints) movement.
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The British Museum says, “… he became interested in Kano-school painting in his youth and in 1899 went to Kyoto to study with Hashimoto Gaho (1835-1908). However, he was persuaded to take up Western painting by the influential Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924) who came from the same district as Goyo, and went to Tokyo to study at the Hakuba-kai (Western Painting Institute) and then at the Tokyo School of Art, where he graduated in 1905.”
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His graphite on-paper sketches in 1918 (highlighted in this article) are stunning. However, within a few years, he would succumb to meningitis after earlier health problems.
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