Artist History
Hashimoto Gaho (1835-1908) was a Japanese painter from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. He was born in Edo. After the Meiji Restoration, under the direction of Ernest Francisco Fenollosa and Okakura Tenshin, he tried to innovate traditional Japanese painting by incorporating Western painting techniques into the Kano school of painting. He also worked hard to establish the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and became a professor there. He later founded the Nihon Bijutsuin. He nurtured artists who represent modern Japanese art.
