Hirata Shodo

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Hirata Shōdō
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Shōdō Hirata
Born
Eiji Hirata

February 2, 1882
DiedJanuary 9, 1971(1971-01-09) (aged 88)
NationalityJapanJapanese
Alma materTokyo Academy of Fine Arts
OccupationPainter
MovementNihonga
Spouse(s)Shizuko Hirata
Parents
Relatives
FamilyMasaharu Matsushita (son)
Hirata Noboru (brother)
Masayuki Matsushita (grandson)
Hiro Matsushita (grandson)

Early life and Career

Shodo Hirata was born in 1882 in Ushigome, Tokyo. He was the second son of Count Hirata Tosuke, who was a Japanese statesman and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, active during the Meiji and Taishō periods of the Empire of Japan. After studying under Kawai Gyokudo, he entered the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts in 1901 and graduated in 1906.

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