Japan Art and Uehara Konen: Tokyo Artist and Landscapes – Modern Tokyo Times

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Japan Art and Uehara Konen: Tokyo Artist and Landscapes – Modern Tokyo Times

Japan Art and Uehara Konen: Tokyo Artist and Landscapes Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Uehara Konen was born in the 1870s during the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912). He was born in Tokyo and died during the war period in 1940. Konen produced early prints in the mōrō-tai (modernist style) that were in demand during the late Meiji period. Similar to other Japanese artists in this period, he was inspired by the growing influen…