Terasaki Kogyo

1866～1919
He was a Japanese-style painter born in Akita pref. he studied under Hyakusui Hirahuku (平福百穂) and Hakusyu Sugahara (菅原白龍). He got recognition from Tenshin Okakura (岡倉天心) and became an assistant professor in Tokyo Fine Arts School (東京美術学校). He was selected as “Teishitsu Gigeiin” (帝室技芸員: imperial artists) in 1917.