was a Japanese painter of the yà Âga (or Western-style) movement in the Meiji era. The characters of his given name may also be read Yukihiko; later he was known as .
Born in Kagoshima, he studied in Tokyo at the under Achille San Giovanni and . Later he became assistant professor in the Tokyo Imperial University School of Technology. He also opened his own school, the . His students included Fujishima Takeji, Wada Eisaku, Okada Saburà Âsuke, , , and .