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"Woman Holding Black Cat," Yumeji Takehisa, 1920.

Takehisa (1884-1934) was a Japanese poet and artist of the Nihonga school, which specializes in mineral pigments on parchment or silk, and who did primarily bijinga works, or paintings of beautiful women, although he also did a number of commercial design, including book covers, washi paper, furoshiki cloths, postcards, and illustrations.

A struggling workingman, he had many Socialist sympathies, and for a time produced a number of pro-Socialist works, but after a Socialist assassination attempt on the emperor, he withdrew vocal support, mainly from self-preservation. He traveled the US and Europe, partly to escape Japan's militarism in the 30s, but returned to Japan after being alarmed by the rise of Nazism. He died of TB not long after his return.

Despite being pretty traditional, his art was touched by Western influences, and he is regarded now as an early influence on manga art, given his preference for depicting figures with large eyes.

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Title: Ghost (c.1920s)

Artist: Uemura Shoen

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"Forest," Bokuyō Katayama, 1928.

Katayama (1900-1937) was a champion of Japan's nihonga school of art, which focused on traditional subjects, formats, and materials, but often with some influence from Western art.

This painting also brought him acclaim, as it greatly impressed the judges of the Imperial Juried Exhibition and opened doors for him to display his art elsewhere. However, ill health took him just as he was climbing the ladder of success.

Such a moody and atmospheric scene! And yet cool as well...

From the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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