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Hashimoto Gahō

1835 - 1908

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Hashimoto Gahō (橋本 雅邦, August 21, 1835 – January 13, 1908) was a Japanese painter, one of the last to paint in the style of the Kanō school. He is also considered the founder of Nihonga and was an educator who trained many Nihonga painters. Many of the painters recognized in later generations as great Nihonga masters, such as Yokoyama Taikan, Shimomura Kanzan, Hishida Shunsō and Kawai Gyokudō, were his students. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hashimoto Gahō has received more than 55,217 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hashimoto Gahō is the 1,702nd most popular painter (down from 1,492nd in 2019), the 1,216th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,115th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hashimoto Gahō ranks 1,702 out of 2,023. Before him are Karl Bodmer, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Norah Borges, Jenny Holzer, Henry Scott Tuke, and Yannis Tsarouchis. After him are Albert Küchler, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, William Merritt Chase, Josef Danhauser, August Malmström, and David Octavius Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Hashimoto Gahō ranks 70. Before him are Alexander Litovchenko, Tommaso Salvadori, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, Paul Du Chaillu, Kārlis Baumanis, and Germanus V of Constantinople. After him are Eduardo Pondal, Osbert Salvin, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Johannes Wislicenus, Ramón Barros Luco, and Theodore Thomas. Among people deceased in 1908, Hashimoto Gahō ranks 85. Before him are Lorenz Frølich, Baron Ignaz von Plener, John Evans, Carl Koldewey, Henry Clifton Sorby, and Svatopluk Čech. After him are Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Walter Leistikow, Joel Chandler Harris, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, and Ignacio de Veintemilla.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hashimoto Gahō ranks 1,216 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenji Miyamoto (1908), Seigō Nakano (1886), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), Naoemon Shimizu (null), Koji Suzuki (1957), and Daisuke Gōri (1952). After him are Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Yoko Tawada (1960), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Kansai Yamamoto (1944), and Shinya Tsukamoto (1960).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Hashimoto Gahō ranks 31. Before him are Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), Unkei (1151), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Uemura Shōen (1875), and Ogata Kenzan (1663). After him are Keiji Inafune (1965).

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