Morita Tsunetomo

At the age of 23, after a private education, he began his studies at the Tokyo Art School [ja], the precursor of today's Geidai.

Together with Ishii Hakutei and Yamamoto Kanae, he published an art journal called Hōsun (方寸; roughly: Dimensions).

In 1914, he visited Paris and Brittany, where he came under the influence of modern French art; especially Paul Cézanne, before being compelled to return to Japan at the outbreak of World War I.

In 1916, he joined the yōga department of Nihon Bijutsuin (visual arts academy).

His works include an anthology of essays (平野雑筆) and a book of art instruction (恒友画壇), both published in 1934.