Hoashi Kyōu: A Pioneer of Nihonga Landscape Painting Hoashi Kyōu (帆足杏雨), born in 1810 in Bingo no Kuni (present-day Oita Prefecture), Japan, stands as a pivotal figure in the late Edo and early Meiji eras—a period marked by dramatic shifts in Japanese art and culture. His artistic legacy resides primarily within the Nihonga movement, a reaction against Western Impressionism that championed traditional Japanese aesthetics and technique…