Kuroda Seiki

Viscount Kuroda Seiki 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 yga movement in late 19th and early 20thcentury Japanese painting. His real name was Kuroda Kiyoteru, which uses an alternate pronunciation of the Chinese characters.

Kuroda was born in Takamibaba, Satsuma domain, , as the son of a samurai of the Shimazu clan, Kuroda Kiyokane, and his wife Yaeko. At birth, the boy was named Shintar this was changed to Kiyoteru in 1877, when he was 11.

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