Kuroda Seiki
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Kuroda Seiki
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| Born |
Kuroda Kiyoteru August 9, 1866 Kagoshima, Japan |
| Died | July 15, 1924 (aged 57) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Yoga |
Viscount Kuroda Seiki (黒田 清輝?, August 9, 1866 – July 15, 1924) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western theories about art to a wide Japanese audience. He was among the leaders of the yōga (or Western-style) movement in late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese painting. His real name was Kuroda Kiyoteru, which uses an alternate pronunciation of the Chinese characters.
Kuroda was born in Takamibaba, Satsuma Domain, (present day Kagoshima Prefecture), as the son of a samurai of the Shimazu clan, Kuroda Kiyokane, and his wife Yaeko. At birth, the boy was named Shintarō; this was changed to Kiyoteru in 1877, when he was 11.
Even before his birth, Kuroda had been chosen by his paternal uncle, Kuroda Kiyotsuna, as heir; formally, he was adopted in 1871, after traveling to Tokyo with both his birth mother and adoptive mother to live at his uncle's estate. Kiyotsuna was also a Shimazu retainer, whose services to Emperor Meiji in the Bakumatsu period and at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi led to his appointment to high posts in the new imperial government; in 1887 he was named a viscount. Because of his position, the elder Kuroda was exposed to many of the modernizing trends and ideas coming into Japan during the early Meiji period; as his heir, young Kiyoteru also learned from them and took his lessons to heart.
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