Satake Shozan

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Satake Shozan (佐竹曙山)(1748-1785) was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of Akita and founder of the Akita ranga school of Western-style painting.

Born in Edo, he was also known as Yoshiatsu. Along with his retainer Odano Naotake, he produced a number of paintings in the Dutch style and wrote three treatises on European painting techniques, including the depiction of perspective. He was also a student of rangaku (Dutch studies) scholar Hiraga Gennai, who he had invited up to Akita to advise him on management of the domain's copper mines (Akita was the primary source of copper to the archipelago and beyond in this period).

[edit] References

  • "Akita ranga" at JAANUS. Accessed 16 May 2007.
  • Frederic, Louis (2002). "Satake Shozan." Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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