Terasaki Kogyo Explained

Terasaki Kogyo
Birth Name:	Chutaro Terasaki
Birth Place:	Dewa Province, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Occupation:	painter
Known For:	Shijō school style
Notable Works:	Bungei Kurabu

Terasaki Kōgyō or Terazaki Kōgyō (born Chutaro Terasaki or Terazaki; 1866–1919) was a Japanese painter who completed many works for the publishing house Hakubunkan and their literary magazine Bungei Kurabu.^[1]

Biography

Kōgyō was born in Dewa Province. He began painting at the age of 16. In 1888, at the age of 20, Kōgyō studied under the painter Hoan (Hirafuku Suian, 1844–90) and changed to the style of the Shijō school. When the Russo-Japanese War started, he joined the Imperial Army of Japan as a painter.^[2]

Further reading

• S. Noma (ed.): Terazaki Kōgyō. In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, p. 1555
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Terazaki Kōgyō. In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981
• Laurance P. Roberts: Terazaki Kōgyō. In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976

Notes and References

1. Web site: TERASAKI, KOGYO (1866-1919). Ronin Gallery.
2. Web site: Terasaki Kogyo - Brief Sketch of Japanese Painter. jyuluck-do.com. 2020-05-11.