Editing Tsuguharu Foujita (section)

=== Early life in Japan and career beginnings: 1886-1913 ===
Foujita was born in 1886 in Ushigome, a former ward of [[Tokyo]] that is now part of the [[Shinjuku]] Ward. He was the son of Fujita Tsuguakira Fujita, an Army Medical Director.{{sfn|Buisson|Buisson|1987|p=14}} Two years after his birth, the family moved to [[Kumamoto]], on the island of [[Kyushu]]. Following the premature death of his mother and his father's subsequent remarriage, the family moved back to Tokyo in 1892.{{sfn|MHC|2016|ps=: "東京都牛込区(現在の新宿区)で、後に陸軍軍医総監となる藤田嗣章の次男として生まれました。" ([Foujita was] "born in Ushigome-ku, Tokyo (now Shinjuku-ku) as the second son of Tsuguakira Fujita, who later became the Army Medical Director.")}}

Foujita developed an interest in painting in primary school and as an adolescent decided to become a painter.{{sfn|Lamia|2018|p=135}} When he was fourteen, one of Foujita's watercolors was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris as one of the representative artworks by Japanese middle schoolers.{{sfn|Lamia|2018|p=135}}

Foujita began studying French as a high schooler and hoped to study in France after finishing school. However, his father, after consulting with his friend [[Ōgai Mori]], a surgeon and novelist who had previously lived in Germany, encouraged him to continue his studies in fine art in Japan. He enrolled in 1905 at what is now the [[Tokyo University of the Arts|Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music]] and studied under [[Kuroda Seiki|Seiki Kuroda]], who taught ''[[yōga]],'' western-style painting.{{sfn|Birnbaum|2006|pp=[https://archive.org/details/gloryinlinelifeo00birn/page/19 19–21]}} He also took courses on ''[[nihonga]]'', Japanese-style painting, led by [[Takeuchi Seihō|Seihō Takeuchi]] and Gyokushō Kawabata.{{sfn|Lamia|2018|p=135}}

Foujita met his first wife, Tomiko Tokita, a school teacher, during a voyage to [[Chiba Prefecture]] during which he realized a number of paintings for his diploma, including the artist's first-known first self-portrait. The two married in 1911.{{sfn|Buisson|Buisson|1987|p=[https://archive.org/details/gloryinlinelifeo00birn/page/28 28]}}

Foujita graduated in 1910. He exhibited in 1910 as part of the Salon [[Hakuba-kai|Hakuba-Kai]] (White Horse Association), organized by Seiki Kuroda, which sought to popularize ''yōga''  with the Japanese public, and later at the first two exhibitions organized by Tokyo Kangyo, a structure that promoted art and industry.{{sfn|Buisson|Buisson|1987|p=28}}  However, his paintings were refused for three consecutive years at the salon [[Bunten]], an annual exhibition organized by the Ministry of Education.{{sfnm|Birnbaum|2006|1p=[https://archive.org/details/gloryinlinelifeo00birn/page/21 21]|Lamia|2018|2p=136}}  Foujita's paintings at this time—before he moved to France—were often signed "Fujita", rather than the [[Francization|francized]] "Foujita" which he later adopted.

Unsure of his personal style and never having lost sight of his dream to travel to Paris, Foujita decided to leave in 1913, when he was 27 years old. It was decided that he would receive an annuity from his father for three years, so that the artist would return to his home and his wife in Japan at the age of 30.{{sfn|Buisson|Buisson|1987|p=28}}