Takehisa Yumeji

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Takehisa.

Takehisa Yumeji (竹久 夢二, Takehisa Yumeji^? September 16, 1884 – September 1, 1934, Oku (now Setouchi), Okayama, Japan) was a Japanese poet and painter. Takehisa died in 1934 at the age of 49. He never studied drawing in any painting school nor under any teacher formally. His drawings, mostly of Japanese beauties, were regarded as unorthodox and were disregarded in the painting circles of his day.

Takehisa's works did acquire great popularity among ordinary people and to this day have many ardent fans in Japan and abroad. At an earlier stage in his life he intended to become a poet, but knowing he could not make a living as a poet, he began drawing pictures.

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• Yumeji Art Museum (夢二郷土美術館) Okayama, Japan
• Takehisa Yumeji Museum (竹久夢二美術館) Tokyo, Japan
• Takehisa Yumeji Ikaho Kinenkan (竹久夢二伊香保記念館) Gunma, Japan
• Kanazawa Yuwaku Yumejikan Museum (金沢湯涌夢二館) Kanazawa, Japan