Poet, historian and painter of the Nanga school. His most notable work was the "Nihon Gaishi" (History of Japan). This 12 volume work took him 25 years to complete and documented the military history of Japan from the 12th to the 19th century, covering the rise to power of the Taira family until the beginning of the Tokygawa shogunate. He also wrote another complementary historical work, the 16 volume "Nihon Seiki."
Poet, historian and painter of the Nanga school. His most notable work was the "Nihon Gaishi" (History of Japan). This 12 volume work took him 25 years to complete and documented the military history of Japan from the 12th to the 19th century, covering the rise to power of the Taira family until the beginning of the Tokygawa shogunate. He also wrote another complementary historical work, the 16 volume "Nihon Seiki."
Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett
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