Kumashiro Yūhi

A member of the Nanpin school, he worked in Nagasaki, where he studied art under the Chinese painter Shen Quan (1682–1760).

[1] Today, he is usually called Yūhi (熊斐), his Chinese-style sobriquet, which were popular among Japanese artists who studied Chinese arts and poetry during the Edo period.

During this time, the Nanpin school of art was established in Japan, largely based on earlier styles of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which focused mainly on bird-and-flower painting (kachōga).

[3][a] Yūhi's art was esteemed by the Japanese public, who regarded his paintings as a worthy native substitute for Chinese works, which were hard to find in Japan.

Later, he went on to teach other artists, such as Sō Shiseki, Mori Ransai (森 蘭斎) and Kakutei (鶴亭).