Art school

Japanese: 画塾 - がじゅく
Art school

…In place of the early modern period's studio-based and private school-based learning of painting techniques, modern art schools influenced by Western Europe began to appear after the Meiji period. However, after the Kobu Bijutsu Gakko (Technical Art School), founded in 1876, closed in a short time, a series of private art schools played the role of art schools in the first half of the Meiji period until the government-run Tokyo Fine Arts School opened in 1889. Two Western-style painters, Kawakami Togai and Takahashi Yuichi, were pioneers of this trend. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Gajuku" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近世における諸派の工房や私塾的な絵画の技法習得に代わって,明治以後,西欧の影響による近代的な画学校が登場する。しかし,1876年創設の工部美術学校が短期間で閉校となったのち,官設の東京美術学校が89年に開校されるまでの明治前半期には,一連の私画塾が画学校の役割を果たした。川上冬崖,高橋由一の2人の洋画家はその先駆をなす。…

※「画塾」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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