![]() ![]() He also befriended the sculptor Ogiwara Rokuzan (荻原碌山 1879-1910 real name Ogiwara Morie 荻原守衛), a pioneer in western-style bronze sculpture in Japan, which sparked an interest in Tobari for the medium. When Tobari was still in New York, he studied painting, initially privately and then at the National Academy of Design (now called the National Academy School of Fine Arts) and the Art Students' League, both located in Manhattan. Tobari Kogan: Keshô (Makeup: 化粧) also called Tansu no mae (In front of the tansu: 箪笥の前) Within two years of Tobari's return to Japan, the publisher Hidaka Yûrindô (日高有倫堂) in Tokyo issued in 1908 a book of fiction stories accompanied by Tobari's illustrations titled Collection of Kogan's illustrations (Kogan sôgashû: 孤雁插画集). It was at that time that he took on work as an illustrator, providing watercolors to be reproduced in novels. Katayama, having previously spent years in the United States, encouraged Tobari to visit there himself, which he did in 1901, remaining abroad until he contracted tuberculosis and returned to Japan in 1906. The following year he also began a study of English at a combination night school and community center operated by the Marxist political activist, journalist, and Christian socialist Katayama Sen (片山潜 1859-1933) who from 1897 to 1901 edited Labor World ( Rôdô Sekai, 労働世界). ![]() ![]() His first employment was as a clerk for the Japan Bank (Nihon Ginkô) in 1898, when in his spare time he would draw and paint. Tobari Kogan (戸張孤雁 1882-1927), whose family name was Shimura (志村) and given name Kamekichi (亀吉), was born in Tokyo. ![]()
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