Eleonora Ragusa

Place: Tokyo

Born: 1861

Death: 1939

Biography:

Kiyohara O'Tama, also known as Eleonora Ragusa, was a Japanese painter who spent most of her life in the Sicilian city of Palermo. She was born in Tokyo in 1861 and died in 1939. She was married to the Italian sculptor Vincenzo Ragusa and played an important role as a cultural mediator between Italy and Japan. She was known for her oil paintings, including 'Japanese Landscape' (1880).