Background
Togai Kawakami was born in Shinano Province, Nagano Prefecture.
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Edit ProfileEducation
Togai Kawakami studied Dutch, was appointed instructor of painting to the Shogunate.
Career
Togai Kawakami founded Choko Dokugaro, a private art school at Shitaya, Tokyo (1871). He helped make arrangements for the holding of the 1st Industrial Exhibition with Hisanori Machida (1877).
Togai Kawakami committed suicide at Atami.
Connections
- Grandson:
- Kuniyo Kawakami
- disciple:
- Shotaro Koyama
- disciple:
- Noboru Matsui
- disciple:
- Yoshiichiro Takahashi
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Born
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Died
1881 (aged 53) -
Resting place
Tokyo, Japan -
Nationality
Japanese
Career
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1871