Yumeji Takehisa
Yumeji Takehisa (竹久 夢二 Takehisa Yumeji, September 16, 1884 – September 1, 1934), 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. He hated the concept of the "artist", feeling they were rather pretentious which unsurprisingly upset many of the artists of his time, leading to poor reviews from the so-called elite.
Outside of the art circles, Takehisa's works acquired 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. He was born in Oku (now Setouchi), Okayama, Japan. His childhood home has been preserved and opened to visitors. He is buried in Zoshigaya Cemetery in the Ikebukuro area of Tokyo.
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Postcard by Takehisa Yumeji, 1912
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Postcard by Takehisa Yumeji, 1910
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Postcard by Takehisa Yumeji, 1913
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Postcard by Takehisa Yumeji, 1930's
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Postcard by Takehisa Yumeji, 1930's
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Yayoi-Takehisa Yumeji Bijutsukan, Tokyo
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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
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