Kume Keiichiro

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In this Japanese name, the family name is "Kume".

Kume Keiichirō (久米桂一郎, September 11, 1866 - July 29, 1934) was a Japanese painter of Meiji to Shōwa periods. His father was Kume Kunitake, a historian.

Born in Hizen (today Saga), he studied abroad in Paris, learning techniques from Raphaël Collin in the Académie Colarossi. He lived in Paris, Barcelona and Île-de-Bréhat before going back to Japan in 1893. Back in Japan, he contributed to introducing Impressionism along with Kuroda Seiki. Later, he became a prestigious professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

References

Un peintre japonais à Bréhat : Keiichirô Kume par Mme Fumiko ITO, conservateur du Musée Kume – Les Carnets du Goëlo, Num.20 (2004), bulletin de la Société d'études historiques et archéologique du Goëlo.
Bru, Ricard, "Kume Keiichiro. Un pintor japonés en la España del siglo XIX", Goya, Madrid, 2009, pp. 236-250.
Paris in Japan. The Japanese Encounter with European Painting, Washington, University Art Gallery, 1987.

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Name	Kume Keiichiro
Alternative names
Short description	Painter
Date of birth	September 11, 1866
Place of birth	Saga Prefecture, Japan
Date of death	July 29, 1934
Place of death

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