early life and artistic career Kishida Ryūsei (岸田劉生, Kishida Ryūsei, June 23, 1891 – December 20, 1929), a japanese painter, was born in Osaka. During his lifetime, he became renowned for his realistic yōga-style portraiture, as well as his nihonga paintings in the 1920s. He was a devoted follower of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and later of artists of the Northern Renaissance such as Albrecht Dürer and Jan van Eyck. Missing: 岸田…