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Hishida, Shunso
(b Nagano Prefect., 21 Sept 1874; d Tokyo, 16 Sept 1911). Japanese painter. In 1895 he graduated from the painting department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where he then worked as a lecturer. In 1898 he participated in the establishment of the Japan Art Institute, Tokyo, and he received theoretical instruction from Tenshin Okakura. With Taikan Yokoyama he actively continued to experiment in an effort to create a modern form of Japanese-style painting (Nihonga; see JAPAN, §VI, 5(iii)). He visited India (1903), where he met Abanindranath Tagore, and travelled in the USA and Europe (1904–5). After his return to Japan, Hishida’s painting style became deeply lyrical, while being based on intellectual composition and keen observation. His major works include Patriarch Xiangxiang (1907; Tokyo, N. Mus.) and Fallen Leaves (1909; Tokyo, Eisei Bunko).
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