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Japanese painter (1868-1958)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yokoyama.

Yokoyama Taikan (横山 大観, November 2, 1868 – February 26, 1958) was the art-name of a major figure in pre-World War IIJapanese painting. He is notable for helping create the Japanese painting technique of Nihonga.

Early life

Sakai Hidemaro (known as Yokoyama Taikan) was born in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture, as the eldest son of Sakai Sutehiko, a samurai serving the Mito clan.

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His earliest name was Hidezō, and later Hidematsu. With his family, he moved to Tokyo in 1878. He studied at the Tōkyō Furitsu Daiichi Chūgakkō (today's Hibiya High School), and was interested in the English language and in Western-styleoil painting. This led him to study pencil drawing with a painter, Watanabe Fumisaburō.

In 1888, he was adopted into his mother's family, taking the surname "Yokoyama" and changed his personal name to Hidemaro.

In 1889, Yokoyama enrolled in the first graduating clas Yokoyama Taikan - Japanese Wiki Corpus QUH