Background
Sessei Okazaki was born in Fushimi in Kyoto Prefecture.
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Sessei Okazaki went to Tokyo (1875) and studied under Izumi Nishimura.
Career
Sessei Okazaki was appointed a professor of the Tokyo Fine Arts School (1890) and one of the founders of the Japan Art Institute. He directed the casting of the bronze statue of Masashige Kusunoki, a Loyalist warrior, in front of the Imperial Palace. He was responsible for more than 30 life-size or larger bronze statues of prominent men.
