Background
Shoka was born in 1813, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Shoka was born in 1813, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Studied Chinese painting of the South School under Nanko Haruki and Daizan Hirose. Also learned from Chinese paint¬ings of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
After the Restoration in 1868, he served in the Imperial government. He was also a remarkable poet and seal-engraver.