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Japan: 'Jael Killed Sisera', an oil on board painting by Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911) for 'The Story of the Old Testament',1906

Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911) was a Japanese painter famed for his combining of Japanese mythology and legends with the Western-style art movement that could be found in some late 19th and early 20th century Japanese paintings.<br/><br/>. Aoki was born into an ex-samurai household in northern Kyushu. He left his home in 1899 to pursue artistic studies in Tokyo, and soon began to accumulate critical acclaim for his artwork and its use of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood techniques mixed with Kojiki themes. He died in March 1911 from tuberculosis, aged only 28.
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Title: Japan: 'Jael Killed Sisera', an oil on board painting by Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911) for 'The Story of the Old Testament',1906
Caption: Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911) was a Japanese painter famed for his combining of Japanese mythology and legends with the Western-style art movement that could be found in some late 19th and early 20th century Japanese paintings.

. Aoki was born into an ex-samurai household in northern Kyushu. He left his home in 1899 to pursue artistic studies in Tokyo, and soon began to accumulate critical acclaim for his artwork and its use of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood techniques mixed with Kojiki themes. He died in March 1911 from tuberculosis, aged only 28.
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Image size: 3553 × 5002 px | 50.8 MB
Print size: 30.1 × 42.4 cm | 1398.8 × 1969.3 in (300 dpi)