{"id":2306,"date":"2025-12-16T18:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foujita.org\/childhood-adolescence-and-the-beginning-of-an-occidentalist-career-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:10:19","slug":"childhood-adolescence-and-the-beginning-of-an-occidentalist-career-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foujita.org\/en\/foujita-by-dates\/childhood-adolescence-and-the-beginning-of-an-occidentalist-career-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood, Adolescence, and the Beginning of an Occidentalist Career in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2306\" class=\"elementor elementor-2306 elementor-1933\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c77baa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c77baa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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Chapters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6a3d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec6a3d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd23d5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7dd23d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f3c7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64f3c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Traditional Childhood in Japan Marked by His Mother's Death<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-454516b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"454516b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db9aa9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6db9aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1886<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d95487e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d95487e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tsuguharu Foujita was born on November 27, 1886, in Tokyo, during the reign of Emperor Meiji.<\/p><p>Descended from the aristocracy on both his father Tsuguakira&#8217;s and his mother Masa&#8217;s sides, the child was raised with respect for Japanese traditions within a family particularly open to Western ideas. Tsuguakira, a doctor and army general, and his wife raised their three children\u2014two daughters, Yasu and Kiku, and one son, Tsuguo\u2014with respect for tradition, nature, and also innovation, to which the youngest of the four children, Tsuguharu, would prove to be the most receptive. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7068ad8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7068ad8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-804e645 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"804e645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1891<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51df874 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51df874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Masa died one summer evening on the island of Ky\u016bsh\u016b, in Kumamoto, a garrison town where the family had resided for three years. This tragedy prompted Tsuguharu to invent a better world, to his liking. He sketched images of his dreams of escape in a small notebook. He invented and took refuge in a place he had not yet located. He continued his elementary schooling in Kumamoto, meticulously drawing boats and military battles, and escaped through drawing.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c53f269 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c53f269\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5860b1c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5860b1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a092927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a092927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An Adolescence Illuminated by Drawing and Paris<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-097abbe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"097abbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2cd1e3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2cd1e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1900<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2fc143 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2fc143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Upon returning to Tokyo, he enrolled in the college of the Higher Normal School and informed his father of his decision to become a painter. In return, he received the money needed to purchase his first materials. His painting was selected to be exhibited at the Paris Universal Exposition.  <\/p><p>He visited an exhibition of Western art in Tokyo and was captivated by a Claude Monet painting; he dreamed of getting to know France.<\/p><blockquote><p>One beautiful sunny day, all the books were displayed on the straw mats, and my brother was reading, stretched out. I was overjoyed with their engravings. <\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7118c2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7118c2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d80a0c1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d80a0c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1903<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fafdf2a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fafdf2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He enrolled in French language courses offered in the evenings at the \u00c9cole de l\u2019\u00c9toile du Matin in Tokyo. In reality, he was preparing himself to fulfill his dream. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add2a25 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"add2a25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11938c2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11938c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1905<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb4682 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeb4682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-467 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-school-1904.jpg\" alt=\"Foujita's Adolescence, School Photograph\" width=\"1400\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-school-1904.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-school-1904-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-school-1904-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/leonard-foujita-school-1904-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p><p>With his high school diploma in hand, he prepared for the entrance exam to the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in the studio of painter Honda Kinkishir\u014d (1850-1921), opting for the section directed by Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924), a pioneer of Western-style painting, Y\u014dga, after having studied the fundamentals of traditional Japanese painting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b320fb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b320fb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f654e4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f654e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1906<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a32b84 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a32b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He traveled to China and Manchuria. He studied in a class for gifted students at the Beaux-Arts. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f0cf6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f0cf6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7e9c1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e7e9c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1910<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5ccc60 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5ccc60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He received his diploma in oil painting (Y\u014dga section) with a passing grade. Deeply disappointed, he thought only of leaving for France, but his father obliged him to persevere in Japan and build solid connections within official circles. <\/p><p>He exhibited at the 13th White Horse Salon but was refused entry to the official Bunten Salon three times. The young painter, deemed too unconventional, took offense. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d4a987 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d4a987\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38e9165 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"38e9165\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5899d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b5899d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An Early Occidentalist Career in Japan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddb18ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddb18ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cebe09 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cebe09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1911<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40698f2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40698f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He assisted his professor Wada Eisaku (1874-1959) in creating the mural decoration for the Imperial Theatre of Tokyo (destroyed during the 1923 earthquake) and painted the portrait of the exiled Emperor of Korea. His career began conventionally, but he grew impatient as his dearest wish was still to go to Paris. He met Tomi Tokita, a young woman he decided to marry, and became officially engaged to her.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa01cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fa01cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7b7f99 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7b7f99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1912<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5695035 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5695035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-471\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-471 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tomiko-and-tsuguharu-foujita-jour-de-la-ceremonie-d-engagement-1912-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tomiko and Tsuguharu Foujita, on their engagement day, 1912\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tomiko-and-tsuguharu-foujita-jour-de-la-ceremonie-d-engagement-1912-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tomiko-and-tsuguharu-foujita-jour-de-la-ceremonie-d-engagement-1912-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tomiko-and-tsuguharu-foujita-jour-de-la-ceremonie-d-engagement-1912-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foujita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tomiko-and-tsuguharu-foujita-jour-de-la-ceremonie-d-engagement-1912.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tomiko and Tsuguharu Foujita, on their engagement day, 1912<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>A young textile art student and teacher of the same age, she shared a great complicity with him, and soon a house on the Chiba peninsula where his parents resided. 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