Okada Saburosuke

Okada Saburōsuke (岡田 三郎助; Japanese pronunciation: [o.ka.da (|) sa.bɯ.ɾoꜜː.sɯ̥.ke], 12 January 1869, Saga – 23 September 1939, Tokyo) was a Japanese painter in the Yōga style and a professor at the "Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō" (School of Fine Arts); precursor of the Tokyo University of the Arts. == Biography == His parents were vassals of the samurai Nabeshima clan. He attended a school that taught western-style painting, under the tutelage of Soyama Sachihiko (曽山幸彦). In 1891, he be…