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Hishida Shuns was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter from the Meiji period. One of Okakura Tenshins pupils along with Yokoyama Taikan and Shimomura Kanzan, he played a role in the Meiji era innovation of Nihonga. His real name was Hishida Miyoji. He was also known for his numerous paintings of cats.

Shuns was born in 1874 in what is now part of Iida city in Nagano Prefecture. In 1889 he moved to Tokyo to study under Kan school artist Yuki Masaaki . The following year, he enrolled at the Tky Bijutsu Gakk . Shuns was one year junior to his colleagues Yokoyama Taikan and Shimomura Kanzan his teacher was Hashimoto Gah. Shuns, Taikan and Kanzan were heavily influenced by Okakura Tenshin and Ernest Fenollosa during their time at the Tky Bijutsu Gakk.

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