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Shodo Hirata
(
平田松堂
)
(February 2, 1882 ? January 9, 1971) was a Japanese painter who was active from the
Meiji
era to the
Showa
era, mainly in public exhibitions. He studied under
Kawai Gyokudo
and was particularly adept at bird and flower painting.
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
Taish?
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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