Takamura Kōun

Takamura Kōun (高村 光雲, March 8, 1852 – October 10, 1934) was a Japanese sculptor who exerted himself for the modernization of wood carving and a professor of Tokyo School of Fine Arts, who dedicated himself to the education of the future generations.

[3] He is also the author of the statue of Kusunoki Masahige which stands in front of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.

[4] He studied under Takmura Tōun (高村東雲), a sculptor of Buddhist statues, whose elder sister became Kōun's adoptive parent.

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