Forerunners in Kyoto's Industries/Industrial Forerunners in Kyoto
The Kyoto Prefectural School of Arts
The art scene in Kyoto in the early Meiji period was quite active, however, it lacked the base of the Industrial Arts and Western Art schools enjoyed in Tokyo. Because of this, Naoiri Tanomura requested the then Kyoto Prefectural Governmor, Masanao Makimura to establish a school of art in 1878. Later Yakino Umemine and Gyokusen Mochizuki also submitted proposals to the government resulting in the establishment of the Kyoto Prefectural School of ARts. The school was opened in 1880 with Naoiri Tanomura as the school's first dean in a temporary school house on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. The school primarily taught four styles of painting: the Tosa and Yamato (Japanese) paintings of the eastern style, Western painting of the western style, Southern Chinese literati painting of the southern style and Maruyama and Shijo painting in the northern style. In 1882, the school moved to Shikiden near Kawaramachi Nijo; in 1889, it was transferred to the governance of the City of Kyoto and renamed the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and in 1894, it again changed its name to the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine and Applied Arts. In 1949, it was taken on by the Kyoto Municipal Higashigaoka High School. Finally, in 1975, it became an independent institution of learning known as the Kyoto Municipal Doda High School of Fine and Applied Arts.
The Kyoto Prefectural School of Arts
The art scene in Kyoto in the early Meiji period was quite active, however, it lacked the base of the Industrial Arts and Western Art schools enjoyed in Tokyo. Because of this, Naoiri Tanomura requested the then Kyoto Prefectural Governmor, Masanao Makimura to establish a school of art in 1878. Later Yakino Umemine and Gyokusen Mochizuki also submitted proposals to the government resulting in the establishment of the Kyoto Prefectural School of ARts. The school was opened in 1880 with Naoiri Tanomura as the school's first dean in a temporary school house on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. The school primarily taught four styles of painting: the Tosa and Yamato (Japanese) paintings of the eastern style, Western painting of the western style, Southern Chinese literati painting of the southern style and Maruyama and Shijo painting in the northern style. In 1882, the school moved to Shikiden near Kawaramachi Nijo; in 1889, it was transferred to the governance of the City of Kyoto and renamed the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and in 1894, it again changed its name to the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine and Applied Arts. In 1949, it was taken on by the Kyoto Municipal Higashigaoka High School. Finally, in 1975, it became an independent institution of learning known as the Kyoto Municipal Doda High School of Fine and Applied Arts.