Takeuchi Tacho

Tacho Takeuchi (Tachiyo Takeuchi, September 23, 1832 --- January 25, 1881) is an ukiyo-e artist from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. The 5th generation Zenjiro Takeuchi. Born in 1-chome, Asakusa Tamachi. The sculptor, Takeuchi Kyuichi, is the real child of Tacho.

A student of Kuniyoshi Utagawa. One theory is that the surname was Satomi, and in 1871, the surname was changed to Takeuchi's surname. The childhood name is Matsugoro. Real name Kanamatsu, Gokanematsu. It refers to Utagawa, and the picture names are Yoshikane, Ichiyoshisai, Tamamisai, Manjisai, Manjiro, Sleeping Sai, Miyoshibo, and the haiku names are Tacho and Umetsuki. It is also called Shirayoshi and Takein.

Born in the 5th son of Zenjiro Takeuchi, the 4th generation of Kazusoya, a lantern umbrella manufacturer in Edo Asakusa, he lived in 1-chome, Asakusa-cho, so he was called Tacho. All the brothers died of smallpox at an early age. He moved to Senju during the Bunkyu period and later lived in Nakahashi. Later, he ran a barber shop at 1-chome, Asakusa Tamachi. He also moved to Asakusa Miyoshi-cho, where he called himself Miyoshibo. At the age of 14, he learned ukiyo-e from Kuniyoshi Utagawa and drew nishiki-e under the name of Yoshikane Utagawa. Also, when Kanematsu was 16 years old, the picture he drew on the shoji screen of Kami-yui caught the eye of Kuniyoshi, who continued to go to Yoshiwara, and it is said that this was the beginning.

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