1 September

Born in 1893 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer.

Above: Landscape, 1924

Also, born in 1723, Japanese physician and philosopher Miura Baien.

Oh, I may draw a flower with consummate skill, but it will not bear seeds. I may carve a faithful copy of a bird, but it will never be as beautiful as the original. The craft of heaven borrows nothing from man, and the craft of man can never imitate heaven.

Previously on September 1, Soshana Afroyim and Lydia Huntley Sigourney.