Sojiro Ogura

Japanese: 小倉惣次郎 - おぐらそうじろう

[Born] Tempo 14 (1843), Chiba
Died May 24, 1913. Sculptor in Tokyo. Born into a farming family in Chiba Prefecture. He studied Western-style sculpture under V. Ragusa at the Kobu Bijutsu Gakko (Technical Art School), and became a pioneer of Western-style sculpture in the Meiji period. He is also known as Japan's first marble sculptor. He later taught the next generation of sculptors, and among his pupils were such outstanding artists as Taketaro Shinkai and Shikai Kitamura. His major work is the "Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Fukushima."

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[生]天保14(1843).千葉
[没]1913.5.24. 東京
彫刻家。千葉県の農家の生れ。工部美術学校で V.ラグーザについて洋風彫刻を学び，明治の洋風彫刻の先駆者となる。また日本最初の大理石彫刻家として知られる。のちに後進の指導にあたり，その門から新海竹太郎，北村四海などのすぐれた作家が育った。主要作品『福島中佐像』。

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