Edoardo Chiossone
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Edoardo Chiossone was an Italian engraver and painter, noted for his work as a foreign advisor to Meiji period Japan, and for his collection of Japanese art. He designed the first Japanese bank notes.
Chiossone c. 1890s
Chiossone's portrait of Emperor Meiji, 1888
Antonio Fontanesi
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Antonio Fontanesi was an Italian painter who lived in Meiji period Japan between 1876 and 1878. He introduced European oil painting techniques to Japan, and exerted a significant role in the developme
Edoardo Chiossone
…contract with a monthly salary of 450 yen and a house; this was one of the highest salaries paid to a foreigner, and twice that of fellow Italian Antonio Fontanesi who was hired to teach oil painting. Chiossone's house was outside the foreign enclave in Tsukiji (he lived first in Kanda and then in Kōjimachi, with…
Antonio Fontanesi
Ritorno dal pascolo (The Course to the Pasture), oil on wood, Galleria Sabauda