Kinjo shosui (Green pine at Edo Castle)

Takeuchi Seiho is probably the best-known modern painter of Kyoto. He was trained in Maruyama-Shijo schools of painting by Kono Bairei (1844-1895). Through repeated exposure in competitive government-sponsored exhibitions his acclaim grew. Travels in Europe and China increased Seiho's knowledge of technique and design, and he turned away from traditional styles to experiment with the use of shaded color and careful draftsmanship, thus expanding upon the naturalism of Maruyama-school painting.