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Japan: 'Portrait of Tokugawa Iemochi'. Oil on canvas painting by Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934),1884, Tokugawa Memorial Foundation, Tokyo

Japan: 'Portrait of Tokugawa Iemochi'. Oil on canvas painting by Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934), 1884.<br/><br/>. Tokugawa Iemochi (July 17, 1846August 29, 1866) was the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office 1858 to 1866. During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Commodore Perry in 1853 and 1854, and of the subsequent 're-opening' of Japan to western nations. Iemochi's reign also saw a weakening of the shogunate.<br/><br/>. Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934) was a Japanese painter from Edo. He became a follower of the yga (Western-style) of painting, and journeyed for a time through France and Italy. He aided in the formation of the Meiji Bijutsukai in 1889, the first art association in Japan championing western-style painting.
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Title:
Japan: 'Portrait of Tokugawa Iemochi'. Oil on canvas painting by Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934),1884, Tokugawa Memorial Foundation, Tokyo
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Japan: 'Portrait of Tokugawa Iemochi'. Oil on canvas painting by Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934), 1884.

. Tokugawa Iemochi (July 17, 1846August 29, 1866) was the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office 1858 to 1866. During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Commodore Perry in 1853 and 1854, and of the subsequent 're-opening' of Japan to western nations. Iemochi's reign also saw a weakening of the shogunate.

. Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934) was a Japanese painter from Edo. He became a follower of the yga (Western-style) of painting, and journeyed for a time through France and Italy. He aided in the formation of the Meiji Bijutsukai in 1889, the first art association in Japan championing western-style painting.
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