Background
Yamada Doan was born in Japan. Yamada Doan's real personal name is Juntei.
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Yamada Doan was born in Japan. Yamada Doan's real personal name is Juntei.
Yamada Doan studied painting under Shubun and Sesshu and attracted attention as a warrior-painter.
Yamada Doan painted many pictures of Shoki (the Chinese god of good luck). Excelled in painting flowers and birds in elaborate colors and vegetables in faint black. Is said to have repaired the Daibutsu (Buddhist statue of Todaiji Temple) in Nara after its neck fell off.